Dimensions: (15.7 x 13.4) Inches – Acrylic on Canvas. This artwork will be sent unframed.
“The Fish Project” The Fish Project is about Ala’s story as a Palestinian refugee who was born and raised in Al-Amaari Refugee Camp. His grandparents came from Lod, which …
Dimensions: (15.7 x 13.4) Inches – Acrylic on Canvas.
This artwork will be sent unframed.
“The Fish Project”
The Fish Project is about Ala’s story as a Palestinian refugee who was born and raised in Al-Amaari Refugee Camp. His grandparents came from Lod, which is now completely under Israeli full control. For him, he uses fish as a refugees’ symbol. ِAs it is known, fish do not quickly adapt into new waters. And in some cases, they might die if they have been forced to live in new water. Ala uses in his paintings the sardine cans to represent a side of life in refugee camps. The sardine cans have a connected story with the camp. Sardine cans are very crowded, same as camps. Sardines do not belong to the can, as refugees do not belong to the camp. Cans and camps have the same prefixes. It makes him wonder if this is a coincidence or if it has some other etymological connections.
The sardine tins are a witness to the story of Palestinian refugeehood. Ala remembers the United Nation Relief and Work Agency’s humanitarian missions and the distributions of aid boxes that never lacked tinned sardines.
For him, the fish project has a profound representation of the story of the Palestinian refugees. He started the project after a long research on the theme of “refugees”. When he read a book by Salim Tamari, The Mountain Against the Sea: Essays on Palestinian Society and Culture. It is a book that tells a story like his. It describes how refugees used to live in their original villages at the Palestinian shore, lost their homes and were forced to leave towards the east and live on hilly mountain-like areas. This was what happened to his grandparents. This change in accommodations and locations has compelled his grandparents to adopt new practices. They have changed their nutrition, daily habits, and social practices. This temporary place “the camp” has imposed a state of exile on Ala’s family. And he believes that his the story is similar to the rest of the people in the camp. Ala says: “I have noticed this similarities between life in the camp and the fish life in the sea. So, I started working on this project many years ago. I traveled to Lebanon 6 times and painted murals in Shatilah Camp, Burj Albarajneh, Mia Mia, and Al-Burj Alshamali. I also did paint murals in camps in Jordan and many camps in the West Bank. I had a dream to go to Syria and paint a mural at Alyarmouk Camp, but the Syrian civil war prevented that”
Click here to view Alaa’s entire collection of artwork and enjoy the beauty of each brush stroke.
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The First Project #1- 2023
Dimensions: (15.7 x 13.4) Inches – Acrylic on Canvas.
This artwork will be sent unframed.
“The Fish Project”
The Fish Project is about Ala’s story as a Palestinian refugee who was born and raised in Al-Amaari Refugee Camp. His grandparents came from Lod, which is now completely under Israeli full control. For him, he uses fish as a refugees’ symbol. ِAs it is known, fish do not quickly adapt into new waters. And in some cases, they might die if they have been forced to live in new water. Ala uses in his paintings the sardine cans to represent a side of life in refugee camps. The sardine cans have a connected story with the camp. Sardine cans are very crowded, same as camps. Sardines do not belong to the can, as refugees do not belong to the camp. Cans and camps have the same prefixes. It makes him wonder if this is a coincidence or if it has some other etymological connections.
The sardine tins are a witness to the story of Palestinian refugeehood. Ala remembers the United Nation Relief and Work Agency’s humanitarian missions and the distributions of aid boxes that never lacked tinned sardines.
For him, the fish project has a profound representation of the story of the Palestinian refugees. He started the project after a long research on the theme of “refugees”. When he read a book by Salim Tamari, The Mountain Against the Sea: Essays on Palestinian Society and Culture. It is a book that tells a story like his. It describes how refugees used to live in their original villages at the Palestinian shore, lost their homes and were forced to leave towards the east and live on hilly mountain-like areas. This was what happened to his grandparents. This change in accommodations and locations has compelled his grandparents to adopt new practices. They have changed their nutrition, daily habits, and social practices. This temporary place “the camp” has imposed a state of exile on Ala’s family. And he believes that his the story is similar to the rest of the people in the camp. Ala says: “I have noticed this similarities between life in the camp and the fish life in the sea. So, I started working on this project many years ago. I traveled to Lebanon 6 times and painted murals in Shatilah Camp, Burj Albarajneh, Mia Mia, and Al-Burj Alshamali. I also did paint murals in camps in Jordan and many camps in the West Bank. I had a dream to go to Syria and paint a mural at Alyarmouk Camp, but the Syrian civil war prevented that”
Click here to view Alaa’s entire collection of artwork and enjoy the beauty of each brush stroke.
| Weight | 0.5 kg |
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| Dimensions | 40 × 34 cm |
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