1997
MARCH
The Centre hosted this month an exhibition of modern Russian Art, loaned
by Palestinian collector Daoud Barakat. The collection contains works by
Tymour, Vukolov, Dudnig, Kashishvili, Diana Voba, Sergei Borsov, etc. The
Centre also hosted the following events:
-A conference by Palestinian American author Lisa Majaj on Identity construction
in Palestinian American literature,
-A poetry reading evening by poet Ali el Khalili ,
-A lecture on the destructive Israeli excavations under the Jerusalem
holy mosques esplanade by Issam Awwad, the engineer supervising the renovation
work on the mosques since 1972,
-A meeting with Artist Tayseer Barakat with a slide display showing the
evolution of his work from his mid-1980s oil paintings, to work on paper,
to his current phase of working with wood and installations.
- The Centre also hosted a tribute organized by the Ministry of Culture,
honoring veteran Palestinian painters Ismail Shammout and his wife Tamam
el Akhal. Shammout and Al Akhal are considered the Palestinian Rivera/Siqueros
for their portrayal of the Palestinian struggle, and pre-1948 Palestinian
scenes. After a 30 year exile, they returned to Palestine for the first
time, and visited their hometowns of Yaffa and Lid.
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