Abed Abdi, "Wa ma nasina"
"Wa ma nasaina" (“We have not forgotten”) exhibition is a personal journey in time, memory andhistory of Palestinians, which constituting an integral part of the life of artist Abed Abdi, who was bornin Haifa.
The exhibition contains paintings and lithographies which were published as photographic copies for 20 years, starting at the end of the 1960s, in Al Ittihad newspaper, Al Jadid literary magazine,on the covers of books, and as illustrations inside books.
Among the books in which these illustrations were published are Emile Habibi's two books, "Sextet of Six Days" (1968) and "The Pessoptimist: The Secret Life of Saeed Abo el-Nahs al-Motashel" (1977), Salman Natour's "Wa ma nasina" (We Have not Forgotten) (1982), Felicia Langer's "With My Own Eyes" (1974), Joseph Algazi's (Galili) "Father, What Did You Do When They Demolished Nader's House?" (1974), as well as Moshe Barzilai's anthologies of poems.
These stories provide the bagkround to some of the illlustrations presented there, stories describing the Palestinian Nakba.
go to online exhibition here
Here is a recent review of the earlier works (illustrations) of Abed Abdi, by curator Tal Ben Zvi. (pdf, 14 pages, English, including images).
Also, please visit the exhibition "Wa ma nasina" online here.
Curator: Tal Ben Zvi
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