The Souq Waqif Art Centre has opened 'Gaza In Our Eyes' exhibition with the participation of 32 artists from the Qatari citizens and residents affiliated with the centre.
Through this exhibition the artists embodied everything happening in the Gaza Strip, along with the forced displacement and devastation of buildings and homes the Gazans are experiencing there.
The showcased paintings at the centre's premises addressed the most renowned personalities who rose during the unprecedented and incessant Israeli aggression against Gaza since last October. The paintings also highlighted expressions that spread during the aggression, as they have been working in three-week workshops to showcase their masterpieces at the exhibition.
In remarks to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Manager of the Souq Waqif Arts Centre Rowdha al-Mansoori said a contingent of the centre's fine artists are participating in the exhibition hailing from various countries across the world.
The title of the exhibition ' Gaza In Our Eyes' implies that all artists participating in the event are embodying the artistic paintings based on their own perspectives, how they see incidents in Gaza to further translate their feelings and depict them through colors on artistic paintings, al-Mansoori added.
Al-Mansoori recalled the diversity of these artistic paintings in the expo in which expressionist graphic lie, along with personalities who rose during Gaza incidents from journalists and others, as well as tanks and peace pigeons, indicating that the artistic paintings express hope and tragedy the Palestinians are experiencing in Gaza.
In addition, the centre features major activities represented in the daily attendance of its affiliated artists and participation in the ceremonies that offer them the appropriate venue to showcase their innovations on daily basis which primarily give some kind of momentum to the fine art at the Qatari level.
