Dima Srouji's Work Acquired by Sharjah Art Foundation Collection

She Still Wears Kohl and Smells like Roses (2022) was aquired by the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection, which grew from the seeds of acquisitions and works commissioned for the Sharjah Biennial and the Foundation's programmes.

In this video, Srouji combines archival footage of the relationship Palestinians have to their land and the history of their landscape. Combining images of the Belus River (a source of silica and sand used for healing rituals and glass-making), archeological objects, and videos of traditional Palestinian glassblowing, we encounter small snippets of the history of glass-making throughout the centuries in Palestine.

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