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Palestinian artists’ Jerusalem exhibition opens in East Jerusalem
Works by Palestinian artists on Jerusalem and Palestine are now on display at the Turkish Cultural Center in East Jerusalem. The “Jerusalem Stories” exhibition can be visited through Tuesday, October 27.
The “Jerusalem Stories” exhibition, opened in East Jerusalem, brings together works by Palestinian artists reflecting the city’s social, cultural and historical fabric. The exhibition was prepared through cooperation between the YEE Jerusalem Turkish Cultural Center and the Jerusalem Icon Visual Arts Society.
Türkiye’s Consul General in Jerusalem to Palestine, Ambassador İsmail Çobanoğlu, artists and representatives of Jerusalem’s art community attended the opening at the Turkish Cultural Center.
Palestinian artists bring Jerusalem’s stories to canvas
Çobanoğlu said the exhibition focuses on Palestine and Jerusalem, adding that Palestinian artists had reflected their feelings and circumstances in their works. He said the paintings conveyed pessimism, sorrow, grief, longing and a hopeful outlook toward the future.
Çobanoğlu said some Palestinian painters from the occupied West Bank could not attend the exhibition because of restrictions, adding that their works had been brought to Jerusalem. He said the works, which feature different styles, ideas and emotions, reflect Jerusalem’s special place in the identity of the Palestinian people.
Çobanoğlu proposed holding a similar event in Ramallah for Palestinians unable to come to Jerusalem.
Turkish Cultural Center to continue hosting artists
Ensar Fırat, director of the YEE Jerusalem Turkish Cultural Center, said they would continue hosting artists from Jerusalem and Palestine at the center in the future, as they had in the past.
Fırat said they wanted the cultural center to become a cultural authority and a meeting point. He said artists convey the stories of Jerusalem and the reality experienced in the city to the world and humanity through their works. Fırat recalled Yunus Emre’s words, “Come, let us get to know one another, make things easier, let us love and be loved,” and said this understanding was one of the institute’s core principles.
“Art is a way to make Jerusalem’s reality heard”
Jerusalem-based artist Isam Sabah, whose work titled “Abu Faiz” is featured in the exhibition, said he portrayed in the piece the character “Abu Faiz,” whom he described as one of the city’s symbolic figures and someone who sold coffee at Bab al-Amud in the 1980s.
Sabah said art was a powerful tool for making the voice of the Palestinian people, the reality of Jerusalem, its difficulties and its hopes heard internationally. The “Jerusalem Stories” exhibition can be visited through Tuesday, October 27.
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