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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Friday, July 6, 2018
Video: Kamal Boullata on painting, exile and Jerusalem
Palestinian artist Kamal Boullata was born in Jerusalem but has been living in exile for 50 years.
Boullata’s early years in Jerusalem influence his abstract paintings today.
He was mesmerized with “the intricate Arabesque patterns adorning the
Dome of the Rock” that he observed in his hometown. Geometry, Arabic
calligraphy and natural light later became central pillars in his body
of work.
Through his exile, he was able to “freely reflect on Palestine’s
spiritual and Arab heritage,” he said, “which goes back hundreds of
years, before the country’s fall under the colonial rule of Israel.”
Over the years, he has lived in France, Morocco and Washington, DC, and
paid close attention to natural light in each of these places.
He concludes that “perhaps it was the light of Jerusalem that I have been seeking to recapture all along.”
Video by Linda Paganelli