Description: Amer Shomali's Limited Edition Visit Palestine Poster Print edition of 1000.From Banksy's THE WALLED OFF HOTELSize: 41.5 cm x 61 cmSigned and numbered by the artist. with Original Receipt from hotel.Only for sale at the hotel shop. – “Visit Palestine” from 1936 – allows us to examine in detail the development of the Palestine poster genre and how posters reflect the history of Palestine-Israel and the visual language that memorializes the events, symbols, and images of Palestine. The “Visit Palestine” poster was made in 1936 for the Tourist Development Association of Palestine by Franz Krausz, an Austrian Jewish immigrant to Palestine in the 1930s who fled Germany before the Holocaust. After a series of re-prints, however, the print took on a life of its own amongst Palestinians when it became popular in the 90s in the wake of Oslo. Today, you're likely to see this original print in the homes of Palestinians all over. You'll likely even find an adapted version including the Apartheid Wall blocking off Jerusalem as an ironic twist to the travel poster. Poster by Amer Shomali in 2009, places the Israeli separation wall in front of the viewer. The wall, built in the 1990s and 2000s runs through the West Bank, effectively absorbing Israeli settlements into Israel and limiting access of West Bank Palestinians to Jerusalem except through a number of restrictive checkpoints. Shomali writes, “After the failure of the peace process it was the time for a third print declaring the failure of the previous two prints.” This remix of “Visit Palestine” suggests an imagined landscape. First, the viewer must know the original poster because the identifying markers of Jerusalem are blocked by the wall. Second, the wall is reproduced as it is experienced and seen, including with the graffiti that adorns it. Thus, its placement here symbolizes the Israeli restrictions on Palestinians entering Jerusalem. As such it comments on and captures the historic transformation of Palestinians' relationship to the city over the decades.Amer Shomali“Palestinian artist, Amer Shomali, moves smoothly between various artistic practices and forms. Shomali’s academic background in architecture and animation coupled with a feverish interest in increasing knowledge of the Palestinian visual heritage which is compounded by his critical spirit, black humor and expressive boldness enables him to motion through different media and methods. IN MY POSSESSION AND READY TO SHIP. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL US VIA USPS WILL BE $19.99
Price: 999 USD
Location: Buffalo, New York
End Time: 2023-12-23T04:22:22.000Z
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