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Guernica Written With the Hands and Hearts of Children
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/2196-guernica-written-with-the-hands-and-hearts-of-children.htmlDate Written: 2009-10-05 Publisher: Alternative Information Center Year Published: 2009 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX11216 The keynote speaker at the launch of the exhibition Gaza's childrens' paintings, referred to the paintings as 'a toxic cargo of beautiful but unwelcome images which it is necessary that we see and acknowledge.' Toxic because the blockade and assault on Gaza was, and is, toxic. Toxic because the paintings mirror back to our adult world the poisonous environment we have watched develop for these children. The paintings describe aerial bombardment of apartment blocks, mosques, schools, hospitals, ambulances. They portray phosphorous, helicopter and drone attacks on civilians. Gunboats fire inland from the sea. Bulldozers demolish homes. Everything happens in an enclosed space from which there is no escape. Subject Headings |