Art exhibition in Damascus Depicts the Palestinian Cause
Under the title “ Keys from Memory”, plastic artist Randa Tuffaha holds her first solo exhibition during which several intellectual and aesthetic visions about the Palestinian cause and the right of Palestinian people to return to their homeland were depicted .
The exhibition, which is currently hosted by the Arab Cultural Center in Abu Rummaneh, included more than 40 paintings of various sizes using oil technique and color intensities on the surfaces of the paintings.
The artist adopted the expressive and symbolic styles in intensifying her themes related to Palestine’s cause and its people in the past, present and future.
Artist Tuffaha said in a statement to SANA “I seek through my paintings , which took more than a year and a half , to present the Palestinian cause that concerns all the Arab people” adding “My artworks included several Palestinian symbols mainly the key, which has many indications , the broken prison cells , the necessity of liberation from the Israeli occupation as well as scenes of a number of Palestinian heritage sites.
In his turn, plastic artist Abd al-Mu’ti Abu Zaid, Head of the Palestinian Plastic Artists Union said “This exhibition is unique for the artist Randa, through which she managed to promote her presence in the world of art after many experiences”.
He stressed that this exhibition is of great importance as it embodied the Arab-Zionist conflict and dedicated the concept of resistance through art and preservation of heritage and identity.
Abu Zaid explained that the artist Tuffaha possessed her own artistic style and her artworks displayed different topics which expressed her culture and ideas in a simple attractive way and color harmony.
It is noteworthy to mention that the artist Randa Tuffaha is a graduate of the French Language Department at Damascus University and a member of the Palestinian Plastic Artists Union, Syria Branch. She has participated in many collective art exhibitions, events and workshops in a number of Syrian governorates in addition to Lebanon.
Rawaa Ghanam