'Phoenician Pigeons' 2020. Photographed in Ramallah by Yasmine Omari, for Athens Design Forum
"Artist Dima Srouji’s works embody the fragility and durability of ancient objects and current life amid violence in Palestine."
Written ahead the opening of her inaugural solo show earlier this month at Lawrie Shabibi, the feature delves into Srouji's design work with glass, and the inherent need to work with the medium, as a way of preserving memories and legacy.
“We exist in all these fragments in the ground,” she explains. “So much is embedded in them—the history of the land and our relationship with it—that it’s not possible to erase the Palestinian identity. It’s impossible to commit genocide.” READ MORE...
