Syrian in exile places the works of Da Vinci, Gauguin, Warhol and others on his homeland's devastated landscape to reveal humanity's extremes.
Syrian Artist Reveals Capacity for Love and Hate
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A circle of women from Matisse’ 1910 “The Dance”, 1910, celebrate over the remnants of an abandoned street in Homs. By Tammam Azzam.
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Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh lurks behind the tin, steel and concrete remains of a neighborhood in Daraya. By Tammam Azzam.
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The ambiguous smile of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” is juxtaposed against the collapsed roofs and twisted frames of Homs, the nation’s third-largest city in Syria and a center of the rebellion. By Tammam Azzam.
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Francisco Goya’s “Third of May, 1808”, depicts Spanish partisans being shot by French troops of Napoleon in the rubble of Douma, Syria. By Tammam Azzam.
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Salvador Dali’s “The Sleep” hovers over destroyed shops and homes on the edge of Idlib, Syria. By Tammam Azzam.
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Paul Gauguin’s 1891 Tahitian Woman on a Beach contemplate the tents of Zaatari, a refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan housing more than 168,000 Syria war refugees. By Tammam Azzam.
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Gustav Klimt’s 1907 oil painting, “The Kiss”, looms over the exposed interior of a bombed building in Douma, Syria. By Tammam Azzam.
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An army of Andy Warhol’s “Elvis Presley” stands defiantly over the rubble of a building in Homs, the nation’s third-largest city in Syria and a devastated center of the rebellion. By Tammam Azzam.