- March 12, 1991 to March 30, 1991
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Catherine Jones' painting series Intifada are portraits of Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Jones found these images a year ago in a National Inquirer and was struck by their beauty and power. They show the masks the Palestinians wear in their skirmishes with the modern Israeli army. The timeliness of these images in light of the current war in the Middle East is considerable.
By Catherine Jones
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Artists Catherine Jones- March 12, 1991 to March 30, 1991
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The INTIFADA series is about portraiture but also about surface. The images were garnered from a supermarket tabloid and are the masks of the young Palestinian boys worn in their rock-throwing struggle with the Israeli Army. These images are surely sensationalistic, if only by virtue of their source but they are also aesthetically beautiful.
By Catherine Jones