palestinian artist sculpts clay family fleeing from homes in gaza

palestinian artist sculpts clay family fleeing from homes in gaza
all images courtesy of iyad sabbah

as a symbol of the suffering of citizens in the shuja’iyya neighboorhood of gaza, where inhabitants have had to flee their homes from destruction, palestinian artist iyad sabbah has set a family of clay figures wandering away from the war-torn wreckage. the models that comprise ‘worn out’ seem almost mummified, as if completely consumed by the death and devastation surrounding them; a man holds a child in his arms, a woman grips the hand of a small boy and the elderly stagger through the detritus. placed in front of blown-up buildings and the exploded residue of residences, the sculptures and their blood-stained bodies are representative of the everyday conflict and ruin faced by residents of gaza, and seeks to commemorate the victims of the latest war.

 the clay models seem to be almost mummified

the family of sculptures wander away from the war-torn wreckage

‘worn out’ is representative of the everyday conflict and ruin faced by residents

the series of sculptures stand outside war-torn homes and apartment buildings

figures are painted with red marks to symbolically refer to blood stains

a clay man holds the outline of an infant in his arms