Tag: Laila Shawa
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01 Work, Middle East Artists, LAILA SHAWA’s THE SOUK IN GAZA, with footnotes
Sold for 12,600 GBP in October 2020 This canvas by internationally acclaimed artist, Laila Shawa is of considerable historical significance within her artistic oeuvre. ‘The Souk’ was part of Shawa’s first solo exhibition in Gaza in 1965 entitled ‘Contrast and Contradictions’ – one year after her graduation from the Academy of Fine Art in Rome. Thereafter,…
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02 paintings, Middle East Artists, he Art of War, Laila Shawa’s Birds of Paradise in Gaza Sky I & II, with Footnotes #104
These art pieces reflects the haunting reality of life in the Gaza Strip. The people of Gaza are under constant bombing threats, potential attacks, and surveillance by Israeli drone systems… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, MIDDLE EAST ARTISTS, The Art of War, Laila Shawa’s Target 2009, with footnotes
Sold for £ 6,000 in Jun 2009 Target 2009 was created as a direct response to the tragically high death toll amongst Gaza’s children due to Israeli military assaults earlier in 2009. A variation of the iconic Target (1992) from Shawa’s Walls of Gaza I silk screen series, it is also related to Targets (1994) from Walls…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Laila Shawa’s Target 2009, with footnotes
Sold for £ 6,000 in Jun 2009 Target 2009 was created as a direct response to the tragically high death toll amongst Gaza’s children due to Israeli military assaults earlier in 2009. A variation of the iconic Target (1992) from Shawa’s Walls of Gaza I silk screen series, it is also related to Targets (1994) from Walls…
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14 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes #4
Artists include: Laila Shawa, Khadiga Riad, Hamed Owais, Paul Guiragossian, Hossein Khosrojerdi, Hassan Hajjaj, Georges Hanna Sabbagh, Lalla Essaydi, Mahmoud Said and Sohrab Sepehri. Please follow link for full post
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LAILA SHAWA, THE WELL 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #29
“The first painting made in Beirut not long after the devastating June war and the only known work of this type from 1967, The Well forgoes all allusion to landscape in favour of a hot expansive background of reds and yellows. Beneath the disc of a searing sun…” More on this work Laila Shawa (Born Gaza…
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Laila Shawa, Red Table 01 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 2q
Laila Shawa (Born Gaza 1940) is a Palestinian artist. Her work has been described as reflecting a view of the politics of her country highlighting perceived injustices and persecution. Often her work uses photographs that are used as the base for silkscreen printing. Her work has been internationally exhibited and has work on display in many…
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14 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 4
Laila Shawa, B. 1940, PALESTINIAN THE ZAR (FROM THE WOMEN AND MAGIC SERIES), c. 1992 Acrylic on canvas 90.7 by 90.5cm.; 35¾ by 35½in Private collection The Zar is best described as a “healing cult” which uses drumming and dancing in its ceremonies. It also functions as a sharing of knowledge and charitable society among the women of…
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