Postcolonial Palestine No. 2,
2013
MENART Fair 2026
Fine Art Drawings : pencil, charcoal · 31 x 42 cm 12.2 x 16.5 inch
< £ 5,000
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Fine Art Drawings : Unique artwork
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31 x 42 cm 12.2 x 16.5 inch Height x Width x Depth
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This charcoal drawing questions the mutations of the Palestinian landscape. The composition focuses on a simple gesture. Two hands carefully grasp a cylindrical object. This volume evokes a manufactured product, a box whose graphic design suggests an idealized vision of housing. A small tree and a house are sketched in it.
The contrast between the deep black of the background and the whiteness of the paper emphasizes the tension of the subject. The line is precise, almost architectural. The rendering of the charcoal brings a raw and immediate dimension to the scene. The artist uses a conceptual language here to address historical and political themes.
The object held seems to have become a relic or a conditioned hope. The tight framing accentuates the intimacy of the moment and the fragility of what it protects. This black and white study, made in 2013, plays on the symbolism of possession and belonging. The gaze fixes on the detail of the fingers and the grainy texture of the material.
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Amer Shomali is a Palestinian multidisciplinary artist whose work explores Palestinian history, politics, popular culture, and the symbols associated with the Palestinian national struggle. Working across painting, film, digital media, installation, comics, and animation, he combines traditional and contemporary forms to examine how political events and historical figures become part of collective memory. His work often uses humour, popular imagery, and visual storytelling to make complex histories accessible to a wider audience.
Born in Kuwait in 1981 to a family from Beit Sahour, Palestine, Shomali studied Architecture at Birzeit University, graduating in 2003, before completing a Master's degree in Animation at Arts University Bournemouth in the United Kingdom. His childhood was shaped by displacement during the Gulf War, when his family moved from Kuwait to the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus. Shomali is also the co-director of the award-winning animated documentary The Wanted 18 and has worked extensively in animation, illustration, and digital media. He currently lives and works in Ramallah.
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