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The Eternal by Saher Nassar’s, the artist’s tribute to Naji al-Ali, the Palestinian cartoonist famous for his criticism of Arab regimes and Israel, who was assassinated in London in 1987.
Ali is perhaps most famous for his iconic “Handala” image of a back-facing Palestinian child, forever stuck at the age of his expulsion from Palestine, disheveled but nevertheless defiant.
“Every Palestinian knows his character, Handala, who became a symbol for resistance and outrage in the face of injustice,” Nassar says. “I simply created a version of Handala that humanizes him by giving him a body foundation, yet I gave him wings of immortality.”
For Nassar, the symbolic resilience of Handala is reflected in the flourishing of Palestinian culture despite the impediments of occupation.
The Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paperThe Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paperThe Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paperThe Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paperThe Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paperThe Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paperThe Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paperThe Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paperThe Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paperThe Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paperThe Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paper, Untitled 8 by Cem Polat.The Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paperThe Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paperThe Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paper, Untitled 8 by Cem Polat.The Turkish artist Cem Polat presents a series of abstract works constructing multiple colored layers on the surfaces of his works using mixed media on paper.
