The Artist:

Georgeson is Scottish Artist who currently resides in Gaza. He studied fine arts at Birmingham Polytechnic (1988) and has since exhibited widely in group exhibits in London, Slovenia, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belgrade. His first solo exhibit was in Edinburgh's Telford College in 1991. Since 1988 he has helped set up and work within various arts organizations, institutions, hospitals and social work departments in art, youth and disability development. Since 1999 he has been employed as an arts educator for UNAIS in The Gaza Strip and West Bank. The following works have been exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Village, Gaza, before being exhibited at the Sakakini.

The Exhibit:

"Though having a strong graphic character and a propensity towards message based art it is not so prevalent as a medium within society here, yet for me it seemed suited to reflecting ideas of a place rich in icons, emblems and images.
The work uses symbols and metaphors, some invented, from stories, places and events that have affected and colored my impressions of the land and peoples and can reflect only some of the things I've seen or felt , from admiration and joy to anger, frustration and general bewilderment. The title refers to a particularly bleak period within the last 9 months, just one of many phrases concerning something that will never happen. For me when salt blooms is the strongest and most magical, and although unlikely, the one thing that has always happened here has been the unexpected."
(Ross Georgeson).