Palestinians, meanwhile…
Photographer Elena Farsakh shares images from her most recent stay in Palestine, picturing the lives of ordinary Palestinians as they await a future they cannot yet see.
Mental Mediations
These abstract images, two-sided painting on transparent sheets, express the artist’s dual influences of metaphor in the Arabic language and the rigor of abstract mathematics.
Palestine Lost
Stereopticon images, or lantern slides, became popular in the late 1800’s as a way for armchair travelers to experience faraway places. Viewed through an image merging device, the dual photographs become three-dimensional, resulting in a realistic, you are there feeling.
President Obama Gives Arab-American Artist’s Painting to Iraq: Same Artist’s Work on Display at The Jerusalem Fund
President Obama Gives Arab-American Artist’s Painting to Iraq Same Artist’s Work on Display at The Jerusalem Fund FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Samar Uthman suthman@thejerusalemfund.org (202) 338-1958 WASHINGTON, D.C. (31 July 2009) – President Barack Obama gave Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq, a painting by Arab American artist, Helen Zughaib, at the White House during … Read more
Gaza Conversations: Persistence, Resistance, Renewal
While the most recent tragedy of Gaza no longer dominates the headlines, its impact on the world is no less real. With this exhibition, The Jerusalem Fund Gallery showcases the responses of three artists, working in three distinct media, but with one overwhelming desire—to employ their art in conversation with and about Gaza.
Landscapes of Desire
John Halaka’s drawings Landscapes of Desire are inspired by the ruins of Palestinian villages and homes that were destroyed by Israel during and after the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
First Person: Recent Palestinian Art
In the course of a research trip for a story on Israeli art, New York-based critic and curator Mary Evangelista was introduced to a number of outstanding young Palestinian artists.
Photos to Develop
Photos to Develop has worked all over the Kingdom of Jordan engaging children from Bedouin communities in a project that allows them to express themselves in a way that they never could before.
Harmony
Direct from Palestine, Bethlehem artist Samar Ghattas’ paintings reflect on the nature of human relationships and the complex meanings of love. The paintings in Harmony use the emotional moments that take place between a couple, such as love, conflict, and jealousy, to represent all relationships on the face of the earth.
