⊕ LARISSA SANSOUR (PALESTINIAN B.1973)

⊕ LARISSA SANSOUR (PALESTINIAN B.1973) OLIVE TREE 2012 Lambda print on Fuji Matt paper 60 x 120cm; 23.6 x 47.2in (unframed) edition 5/5 To be sold with a Certificate of Authenticity Property from a Private Collection, London Provenance Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai, 2014 Larissa Sansour is a Danish-Palestinian artist, born in East Jerusalem, she studied Fine Arts in Copenhagen, London and New York. She is a visual artist who combines video, photography, experimental documentary, new media, the book form and the internet. Her work has been exhibited worldwide in galleries, museums and film festivals. Some of these include Tate Modern, London; the Reina Sofia, Madrid; and the Arken Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. Sansour's works represent the essence, the reality and the intricacy of life in Palestine and the Middle East using visual elements associated with entertainment and televised leisure activities. She uses humorous scenes such as references to science-fiction or spaghetti westerns that she always contrasts with scenes from the current situation in Palestine and the Middle East. Larissa Sansour has represented Denmark at the 58th Venice Biennale and her recent solo exhibitions have been at the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, Dar-El Nimer, Beirut, KINDL, Berlin and Copenhagen Contemporary.