Sabra and Shatilla,
1983. Ink on paper, 21.5 x 26.5" |
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Adnan Yahya |
Palestinian artists born in a refugee camp in northern Jordan,
lives and works in Amman.
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Adnan Yahya was born to a family forced out of the village of
Abasiyye near Yafa in 1948. He lived most of his life in the
Wihdat refugee camp. The hard reality of poor workers living in
refugee camps was a base for Yahya’s work. Avoiding nationalistic
romanticism, his work is more about the essence of the Palestinian
condition and not its details. Yahya intuitively understands that
the suffering of Palestinians is part of the general reality of
oppression worldwide. His work alienates many for its utter lack
of sentiment and for its hardness in execution, while some see his
genius precisely in these qualities.
Source:
Al Jisser
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