Marwan Rechmaoui
Artist
Biography
Marwan Rechmaoui (b. 1964, Beirut) is a Lebanese artist whose sculptures and installations examine urban space, cartography and the social and political geography of cities, above all Beirut. Known for works such as Beirut Caoutchouc, a walkable rubber map of the city, he uses industrial materials to explore how architecture, borders and maps shape collective memory. His work is held by Tate Modern among others.