Brigitte Manoukian's 'Trilogie libanaise' at Maupetit Côté Galerie

Brigitte Manoukian presents 'Trilogie libanaise', a photographic and literary series exploring Lebanon's tumultuous history through personal and collective traces. The exhibition at Maupetit Côté Galerie in Marseille runs from September 3 to October 7, 2026. The trilogy comprises three series: 'Les fils de Burj Hamud' documents the Armenian quarter of Beirut's walls as memory supports; 'Nayla' is an intimate portrait of a widow living in a ruined building in Furn el-Hayek, Achrafieh, who lost a son in the civil war and another to emigration; 'Baalbek-Beirut' examines ruins as symbols of death and life, destruction and resistance. The series includes photo-ceramics created with Atelier Buffile, using serigraphy and chromo-ceramic processes. A book titled 'Nayla', published by Arnaud Bizalion Editeur, accompanies the photographic series with text by Chaza Charafeddine. Manoukian, a self-taught photographer and geographer based in Aix-en-Provence, received the Prix Polyptique in Marseille in 2021 and is represented by agence révélateur.