pejac peels paint off palestinian walls to compose evocative landscapes

pejac peels paint off palestinian walls to compose evocative landscapes
(above) the project is located at a palestinian refugee camp in amman jordan
all images courtesy of pejac

spanish street artist pejac just finished a series of works in al-hussein, a palestinian refugee camp in amman jordan. the works aim to bring attention to what this camp represents in terms of the loss of both home and means of livelihood by palestinians. al-hussein refugee camp was originally established in 1948 as a result of the arab-israeli war.

‘with these four small interventions I am trying to tell a minimalistic story about the palestinian refugees in al hussein,’ the artist comments. ‘by removing small areas of the skin of the houses I want to transform the paint chipping, produced by the passage of time, into evocative landscapes and transmit the pride of its inhabitants through the walls.’

‘kite’ – the works aim to bring attention to what the camps represent

kids pose in front of the ‘kite’ intervention 

‘migration’

‘migration’ detail

‘migration’

‘palestine’

‘palestine’

‘throne’

‘throne’

the artist at work

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edited by: juliana neira | designboom