Homs-Sana
More than 80 plastic paintings from different art schools, during which artists from different Syrian governorates expressed their thoughts and grievances as a result of the earthquake in a plastic art exhibition entitled “Hand in Hand and the Heart is One.”
The exhibition organized by the Ornina Forum for Culture and Arts in the archaeological hall of the Arbaeen Church in the Bustan al-Diwan neighborhood, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Homs and its dependencies, Georgios Abu Zakhem, said about it: It carries cultural and humanitarian goals and a message to the world, that the earthquake showed the loving Syrian man who possesses culture, art and thought.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Forum, Raymond Kaproun, indicated that this exhibition is Ornina's fourth within a year, and it gains its importance because it came as an initiative of the Forum's artists to contribute to supporting our people affected by the earthquake, indicating that art is a renewal of life and a launch for it.
The artist, Maram Al-Hamdish, from Damascus, indicated that she participated in two abstract paintings of a tree and its refraction, pointing to the importance of the humanitarian and national goal that the forum carries and giving it an opportunity for artists to express their ideas and support their countrymen.
In turn, the artist, Ali Muhammad, said: He participated in a painting that tells about the effects of the earthquake, in which he expressed the pain and grief of those affected by this disaster, using black and white shades.
The artist, Ghadir Hassan, referred to his participation in a painting titled A Musician's Rest, which bears in its meanings sadness, despair, and hope emanating from music.
The artist, Nidal Ibrahim, was creative in expressing the idea of the birth of hope from under the rubble, as he embodied the face of a child among the rubble, whose looks tell the story of steadfastness and the will to live.
The artist, Ghazal Khalil, relied on charcoal and lead to convey her idea, which revolves around a child who lived through the crisis and lost his family, with tears flooding his cheeks.
Artist Maram Saliba Malas chose hope for a better future as the title of her painting, which she embodied through a deer symbolizing fertility and life.
From the city of Salamiyah, the artist Maan Saeed participated in an oil painting, in which the state of grief prevailing over Syrians as a result of war and natural disasters was revealed.
The artist Muhammad al-Nizami from Salamiyah also chose the impressionistic and expressive method to describe nature and the human personality, stressing that our goal as Syrians is to be hand in hand to overcome the crisis we are experiencing and build the country with our solidarity and love.
The artist, Buthaina Al-Hussein, was unique in her way of expressing wounded Syria, which she portrayed in the form of a charming female who had wounds in various parts of her body.
It is noteworthy that the exhibition will continue until next Wednesday evening in the Archaeological Hall of the Church of the Forty.
Lara Ahmed
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