07 works, Middle East Artists, The Art of War, Jan Saudek's Silent witness, with Footnotes #104

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As the angel passed through the destroyed city she bore witness to the inhumanity of man towards his brother and felt a great heaviness in her heart. The once vibrant streets, now shrouded in ash and sorrow, echoed with the remnants of laughter that had been silenced by greed and hate. Crumbling buildings, like sentinels of despair, stood as testament to dreams shattered and lives lost.

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She saw mothers clutching their children, eyes wide with terror, seeking refuge in the debris strewn by conflicts they never chose. Brothers lay in the rubble, divided not by blood but by ideology, their final breaths spent in a struggle that seemed both futile and profound. She witnessed the empty gaze of a child, bereft of innocence, holding onto a tattered toy—the last remnant of a life that once was.

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With each step, the angel felt the weight of sorrow bearing down on her wings, a reminder of the fragility of humanity. She wept for those who had turned their backs on compassion, for the hearts hardened by a thirst for power and control. Her luminous presence seemed at odds with the darkness surrounding her, an embodiment of hope in a world seemingly bereft of it.

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In the shadows, a flicker of light emerged—a small group of survivors, helping one another, sharing what little they had. They gathered around a meager fire, their faces etched with resilience. They spoke not of vengeance but of rebuilding, a tapestry of humanity woven together despite the struggle.

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The angel paused, her heart swelling at this glimmer of hope. She descended gently, her presence enveloping the group in a warm embrace. "Even in your darkest hour, remember love is still within you," she said softly. "It will guide you through the trials ahead. For it is in unity that strength is found."

Jan Saudek (born 13 May 1935 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech art photographer and painter. 

According to Saudeks's biography, he got his first camera, a Kodak Baby Brownie, in 1950. He apprenticed to a photographer and in 1952 started working as a print shop worker, where he worked until 1983. In 1959, he started painting and drawing. After completing his military service, he was inspired in 1963 by the catalogue for Edward Steichen's The Family of Man exhibition, to try to become a serious art photographer. In 1969, he traveled to the United States and was encouraged in his work by curator Hugh Edwards.

Returning to Prague, he was forced to work in a clandestine manner in a cellar, to avoid the attentions of the secret police, as his work turned to themes of personal erotic freedom, and used implicitly political symbols of corruption and innocence. From the late 1970s, he became recognized in the West as the leading Czech photographer. In 1983, the first book of his work was published in the English-speaking world. The same year, he became a freelance photographer as the Czech Communist authorities allowed him to cease working in the print shop, and gave him permission to apply for a permit to work as an artist. More Jan Saudek

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01 painting, Middle East Artists, The Art of War, Suleiman Mansour's Gaza, with Footnotes #103

Suleiman Mansour

Gaza, c. 2014

Oil on canvas

33 3/8 x 44 3/8 in. (85 x 113cm.)

Private collection

Sold for USD 43,750 on Mar 2019

Suleiman Mansour, together with Ismail Shammout are one of the two most important Palestinian artists who created a national identity for Palestinians over the years. Since the early 1970s, Mansour has been a champion and pioneer of the Palestinian artistic movement that has continuously pushed against the challenges and burdens that the community has faced. Inviting the viewer to feel the burden and struggle of the heavy weight of Palestinian history, the painting signifies a bleak future that has become something to fear, depicting the agony of the people since the loss of their land. More on this painting

Sliman Mansour ( born 1947), is a Palestinian painter, considered an important figure among contemporary Palestinian artists. Mansour is considered an artist of intifada whose work captures to the cultural concept of sumud. Palestinian artist and scholar Samia Halaby has identified Mansour as part of the Liberation Art Movement and cites his important work as an artist and cultural practitioner before and after the Intifada.

During the Intifada, Mansour was part of the "New Visions" group of Palestinian artists that included Tayseer Barakat, Vera Tamari, and Nabil Anani. This collective turned to earthworks and mixed media and assemblage using materials derived from the Palestinian environment in order to boycott Israeli art supplies in protest of the ongoing occupation. In 1988 he made a series of four paintings on destroyed Palestinian villages, the four villages being Yibna, Yalo, Imwas and Bayt Dajan.

He is a co-author of Both Sides of Peace: Israeli and Palestinian Political Poster Art, published in 1998 by the Contemporary Art Museum with University of Washington Press. More on Sliman Mansour

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