Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Gaza Artist Exhibits on Scorched Walls

Middle East Online, February 4, 2009 - Ghoulish blue figures reach skyward towards an elusive red spiral in an abstract rendering of Gaza life hung in the ruins of a cultural centre bombed and torched during the Israeli offensive.

The paintings hang in the scorched depths of the Red Crescent cultural centre in Gaza City, which was destroyed at the height of the 22-day war. They are the work of Nida Badwan, an arts student who used to volunteer there.

"I wanted to exhibit them here because the building itself speaks," Badwan says. "It tells the story of the paintings, and it speaks louder than they do."....

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