Shadi Alzaqzouq
{{Short description|Libyan-born Palestinian artist (born 1981)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Shadi Alzaqzouq
| native_name = شادي الزقزوق
| native_name_lang = ar
| other_names = Shadi Al-Zaqzouq
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1981}}
| birth_place = Benghazi, Libya
| education = Palestine Technical College, Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis (BFA)
| occupation = Visual artist, activist, musician
| known_for = Painting
| notable_works = After the Wash
}}
Shadi Alzaqzouq ({{Langx|ar|شادي الزقزوق}}; born 1981), also known as Shadi Al-Zaqzouq, is a Libyan-born Palestinian visual artist, activist, and musician. His hyperrealist paintings focus on themes of evolution and land occupation. Alzaqzouq has lived in France since 2007.{{Cite news |last= |first= |title=Shadi Alzaqzouq: Resisting Israeli occupation through 'devolution' |url=https://www.newarab.com/features/shadi-alzaqzouq-resisting-israeli-occupation-through-devolution |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241106063751/https://www.newarab.com/features/shadi-alzaqzouq-resisting-israeli-occupation-through-devolution |archive-date=2024-11-06 |access-date=2025-02-02 |work=The New Arab |language=en-EN}}
Early life and education
Shadi Alzaqzouq was born in 1981, in Benghazi, Libya.{{Cite news |last=Radhi |first=Lamia |date=October 7, 2012 |title=فن الثورات ينشر غسيل الديكتاتورية |trans-title=The art of revolutions airs the dirty laundry of dictatorship |url=https://www.skynewsarabia.com/varieties/49179-%D9%81%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B1-%D8%BA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806221137/https://www.skynewsarabia.com/varieties/49179-%D9%81%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B1-%D8%BA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9 |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |work=Sky News Arabia |language=ar}} His parents immigrated to Libya from Jaffa, Palestine.{{Cite web |title=Shadi Alzaqzouq |url=https://dafbeirut.org/en/shadi-alzaqzouq |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Dalloul Art Foundation |language=en-GB}} The family moved in 1995 to Gaza in Palestine, after the 1995 Oslo II Accord.
He studied music at the Palestine Technical College in Deir al-Balah, where he graduated. He moved to Paris in 2007 to continued his studies in painting at Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis, where he graduated with a BFA degree in 2009.
Career
He taught music for the next five years in a primary school in Gaza. In 2002, Alzaqzouq joined an artist collective known as Shababeek ({{Langx|ar|شبابيك|4=windows}}), in Gaza. He won the art residency award at the "International City of Arts" in Paris from the Abdul Mohsen Qattan Foundation and the French Consulate in 2006.{{Cite news |date=August 28, 2015 |title=شادي الزقزوق يحتج على "بانسكي" |trans-title=Shadi Al-Zaqzouq protests against "Banksy" |url=https://www.mc-doualiya.com/programs/hot-coffe-mcd/20150828-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%82%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%82-%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%A9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806221137/https://www.mc-doualiya.com/programs/hot-coffe-mcd/20150828-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%82%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%82-%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%A9 |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |work=MC Doualiya |language=ar}}
Alzaqzouq's work After the Wash was one of four works removed from the 2012 Art Dubai art fair for supporting the Arab Spring protests.{{Cite book |last=Mirgani |first=Suzi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8y4DwAAQBAJ |title=Art and Cultural Production in the Gulf Cooperation Council |date=2019-10-23 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-14218-2 |language=en}} The work in question was titled After the Wash, and is a circular canvas with an oil painting depicted a veiled girl with a bandana carrying underwear, that has a word in Arabic meaning "leave".{{Cite web |last=Lord |first=Christopher |title=Faceless but not voiceless: Shadi Alzaqzouq at Artspace |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art/faceless-but-not-voiceless-shadi-alzaqzouq-at-artspace-1.372596 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The National |language=en}}
In 2015, Alzaqzouq was initially removed from Banksy’s Dismaland exhibition after he protested in support of the boycott of Israel and the three Israeli artists participating in the show, which included a former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) member.{{Cite web |last=Neuendorf |first=Henri |date=August 27, 2015 |title=Palestinian Artist Removed From Banksy's Dismaland |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/banksy-dismaland-anti-israel-protest-328311 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Wright |first=Alex |title=Palestinian artist booted from Banksy’s Dismaland for anti-Israel protest |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinian-artist-booted-banksys-dismaland-anti-israel-protest |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241124104451/https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinian-artist-booted-banksys-dismaland-anti-israel-protest |archive-date=2024-11-24 |access-date=2025-02-02 |work=The New Arab |language=en-EN}}{{Cite web |last=Weinstein |first=Jessica |date=2015-08-26 |title=Palestinian artist banned from Banksy's Dismaland after anti-Israel protest |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/palestinian-artist-banned-from-banksys-dismaland-after-anti-israel-protest-opj7klos |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Jewish Chronicle |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Cascone |first=Sarah |date=2015-09-25 |title=Banksy's Dismaland Earns Town $30 Million |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/banksy-dismaland-30-million-tourism-335447 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}} Afterwards he covered his artwork After Washing #3 with a bedsheet with the words "RIP Gaza: Boycott Israel" written on it, and laid down in front of the display during the Dismaland exhibition. Days later his artwork was returned to the exhibition.{{Cite web |last=Horton |first=Helena |date=August 29, 2015 |title=Israel protest artist's work stays at Dismaland |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/11832680/Israel-protest-artists-work-stays-at-Dismaland.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}
See also
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