Bibliography
Books about the work
Books and catalogues that discuss or reproduce Ricardo Mbarkho’s work.
- 2017Chroniques Alexandrie – Aix-Marseille
A book on the artistic and educational cooperation between Alexandria and Aix-Marseille, an exchange in which Ricardo Mbarkho took part.
- 2015Liban, carrefour d’échanges culturels, co-édition Shams – Transversité, 2015
Ricardo Mbarkho’s website “Grading the Lebanese Constitution” is cited in this book.
- 2014Positive Lebanon, Éditions Tamyras, 2014
Positive Lebanon is a tribute to Lebanese civil society, a riposte to clichés and a portrait of a positive, dynamic and creative Lebanon. Its nearly 400 pages are devoted to NGOs, associations, artists and authors who see Lebanon in a positive light. The book includes a page on the Lebanese National Tabbouleh Day.
- 2013Bernard Miège, Philippe Bouquillion and Pierre Mœglin, L’industrialisation des biens symboliques. Les industries créatives en regard des industries culturelles, PUG (Presses universitaires de Grenoble), “Communication, médias et sociétés” series, May 2013ISBN 978-2-7061-1804-3
The cover image is a work by Ricardo Mbarkho. He starts from a text, here the Book of Genesis, and submits it to the computer, instructing the machine to read the text as if it were an image. Turned into an image through the binary codes of computing, the Book of Genesis reveals what is essential in it, beneath words and their meaning. The authors chose this work, made from the book at the origin of all books, for the cover of a study of the transformations of the cultural industries.
- 2012Mario Costa, Ontology of the Media, postmedia books, 2012
- 2010Christophe Stener, Dictionnaire politique d’Internet et du numérique, La Tribune, 2010
Ricardo Mbarkho’s work is mentioned in this dictionary.
- 2009Cathy Brickwood (ed.), Mapping E-Culture, Virtueel Platform, 2009
On Ricardo Mbarkho’s digital work and his role in the current Lebanese art scene.
- 2009Windows Upon Oceans – Cultural Observatory of the Middle East, ARTos Foundation, Cyprus, 2009
From the catalogue, page 58, by Ricardo Echevarría, curator of Ricardo Mbarkho’s solo exhibition [Since Art]: “Lebanese artist Ricardo Mbarkho’s work talks about communication between human beings. To be more precise, it talks about the difficulties of carrying it out. That is why many of his texts are transformed into images (Visualizing Communication, 2008; Digital Visuals from Lebanon, 2008) or video sequences in which words are missing (More than normal, 2002), or the opposite, online discussion forums where noise can mute the significance of the topic being discussed (Lebanese Group, 1999–2001). The interest of his work lies in the conceptualization and de-dramatization of (in)communication, which has a more significant value because Ricardo’s life and artistic activity are located in an area of ongoing geopolitical conflict, Beirut. […] This is the first solo exhibition in Spain by Ricardo Mbarkho. The exhibited works go from 1999 until today. They all question human relations and communication, within the private and the public sphere. […]”
- 2008A Complete Insider’s Guide to Lebanon, Souk el Tayeb Press, December 2008
A guide to Lebanon published by Souk el Tayeb, in which Ricardo Mbarkho’s work is mentioned.
- 2008Fred Forest, Art et Internet, Éditions Cercle d’Art, 2008ISBN 978-2-7022-0864-9
On Ricardo Mbarkho’s work in general, with CONNECTED as an example.
- 2002Fred Forest, Repenser l’art et son enseignement, L’Harmattan, 2002
On Ricardo Mbarkho’s diploma at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.
- 2001Pierre Atallah, L’Amitié franco-libanaise, GIPFL – Beyrouth sur Seine, 2001
- 2000Fred Forest, Fonctionnement et dysfonctionnements de l’art contemporain, L’Harmattan, 2000ISBN 978-2-7384-9530-3