Stir World: 'Palestinian artist Dima Srouji’s Dubai show contemplates violence and hope'

Writer Rebecca Anne Proctor delivers a carefully written piece which weaves together a personal review  of the show, quotes from the artist herself, as well as important historical facts to give context,

"This exhibition, with its mixed media artworks carefully curated to evoke dialogue among the works, is Srouji’s way of making sense of the myriad tragedies that have beset her homeland while striving to offer hope for a psychological and metaphorical way to transcend the horror. “[The works reflect] this idea of excavating the body, excavating the self and the maternal history or the intergenerational history as well as excavating the land,” says Srouji. “In terms of the overall feeling of the show, there is definitely some kind of element of the sublime.”"

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