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Christ in the Palestinian context
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For almost one year, it was closed and neglected. However, today, al-Kafh gallery opens its doors once again. In spite of all the destruction, its walls are covered with colourful paintings. Regardless of the curfew regime, it is hosting 16 Palestinian artists coming from different places all over the West-Bank; Nablus, Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Hebron. Some of them are well known, while others are still young beginner artists. What gathered them together was "Christ in the Palestinian context", the topic of the exhibition. The artists are; Adibe Abu Said, Ahmad Abu Hania, Monther al-Jabri, Johnny Andonia, Akram Anastas, Nader Anastas, Zaki Baboun, Khitam Turkman, Vladimir Tamari, Taleb Dweik, Eyad Obeid, Ayed Arafah, Nabil Anani, Samar Ghattas, Tamer Munir, Adnan al-Zubaidi. Actually, all these artists have participated in a painting competition about the same subject, overcoming by, that the difficult situation and the tight closure in which they live. Each artist searched deeply in the personality and life of Jesus Christ and expressed a part of it in relation to his/her own surrounding. This exhibition comes as the final "conclusion" step of the competition, where names of the winners were announced during the opening ceremony. The winners are;
In cooperation with the Swedish Theological Institue – Jerusalem, the six winners painting are going to be sent to Sweden. There, they will join an international exhibition titled "the Christ of the World". The exhibition will make a tour all over Sweden, in Cathedrals and museums for one and a half year. It will start in the Cathedral of Uppsala in June 2003 and end in January 2005. Countries from all over the world are participating in this exhibition, mainly from the Far East (China, Thailand, Philippines, etc…), Latin America and Africa.
Note: The rest of the paintings are available for sale.
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