© Janane Al-Ani

An exhibition on show this week in Paris presents photographic and video works by ten international artists in which war is viewed through a focus on geography, both real and virtual. Sitting on a borderline between art and documentary, ‘The Topography of War' illustrates how the battlefield has been disembodied over time to the point of becoming abstract, as have also the faces of the enemies and the victims.Hugo Vitrani reports.

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