Gaza on Gaza is an exhibition of work by Palestinian artists in response to the lives devastated by the last year's conflict.
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According to Taghrib news reporter (TNA) in London, Gaza on Gaza is an exhibition of work by Palestinian artists in response to the lives devastated by the last year's conflict.
During the military offensive, more than 2000 Palestinian civilians were killed and 500000 were displaced from their homes.
Across Gaza, the UN estimates that nearly 400000 children require some form of mental health support to cope with the events they witnessed or experienced over the summer of 2014.
This exhibition has launched by Majdal Nateel, inspired by her experiences and working volunteering with the UN and with children in their shelters during last year's conflict in Gaza.
The work consists of 400 drawings imagining the dreams aspirations of the children who died.
Each piece is made from fragments of the paper bags used to deliver limited supplies of cement to families whose homes were bombed.
Restriction on the entry of cement and other materials means that many children who survived the conflict are still without homes.
Majdal Nateel, says:”I am dedicating my artistic tools to talk on behalf of the children who lost their voices simply.”
Through Young Eyes, a series of drawings by Palestinian teenagers who lived through last year’s conflict and participated in a project run by Christian Aid partner culture and free Though Association (CFTA), an organisation which provides therapeutic activities for children and young people.
Some of the teenagers draw their own experience and others depict the stories they heard on the news and from their communities.
These drawings are accompanied by a series of images of the devastation by award-wining photographer Heidi Levine.
Lama Shakshak, a Palestinian teenager girl, 15, says:”my paintings express the rights of Palestinian children to live in an environment that is safe, without conflict and violence. Palestinian children still stand, despite the difficulties and destruction surrounding them.”
And another young Palestinian girl, Hadeel Qudih,16 says:”my pencil mirrors my internal feelings, it is my weapon to reflect what is inside me. I feel powerless tht I can’t do anything, but drawing make me gain power.”
Artist Majdal Nateel,29, is the mother of two young daughters and lives in Gaza city.
She gained her BA degree in Fine Arts from Al-Aqsa University and has exhibited her work in solo and group shows in Gaza, Jordan and Europe.
