Laila Shawa

Laila Shawa (* 1940 in Gaza, Palestine ), Arabic al - Shawa ليلى الشوا Laila, Laila DMG aš - Sawa, is a Palestinian artist.

Life

Laila Shawa studied art history at the Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute in Cairo and at the Art Academy in Rome, where she graduated in 1964. Stylistically, it was influenced during this time by Oskar Kokoschka, whose school of seeing she visited. She then worked until 1967 for the UNRWA as an art teacher in Gaza. Until the beginning of the Lebanese civil war, she worked as a freelance artist in Beirut, after which they returned to Gaza, where she was with her father, Rashad al - Shawa, who for many years mayor of Gaza, in the establishment of after him named Rashad - Shawa Cultural Center was involved, which was opened after three years of construction 1988. Currently she lives and works in London.

Work

Characteristic of the work of Laila Shawa is the comparatively wide range of techniques and styles, which she uses: It produces sculptures, painted on canvas, collages and photographs and processed in a variety of other materials and works in addition also calligraphic. She often works in series and approaches to a particular topic from very different perspectives. Sometimes it avails itself thereby also Christian and Islamic religious motives. Hope, experience of violence by war and resistance are determined subjects of their work. Social Critical they grappled with social restrictions, specifically Palestinian women are imposed.

Working

  • Cities of Gold
  • Women and the Veil, in The Impossible Dream ( الحلم المستحيل )
  • ( The Walls of ) Gaza
  • In the Name of God: Crucifixion
  • Disposable Bodies
  • Where Souls Dwell
  • Trapped
  • The Other Side of Paradise
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