From Palestine with Art opens at the P21 Gallery

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From Palestine with Art, which showcases the vibrant culture, heritage and struggles of the Palestinian people has opened at the P21 Gallery.  Curator Faisal Salah said the exhibition is more important than ever as Palestinians identity is "under attack" at the moment.

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00:00 This exhibition actually was first put together in connection of the Venice Biennale Arte 2022.

00:08 So we spent a bit of time identifying artists that we wanted to show in the exhibit.

00:16 And there I was really looking for a cross-section of the Palestinian artists

00:24 population. So I wanted a group of artists that's diversified demographically, geographically,

00:33 and also with respect to experience. As Palestinians we have different goals and objectives

00:40 than your typical curated exhibit that you would see. So as a result we ended up with a very

00:52 interesting group of artists and we're very happy with them.

00:55 It's very important our identity is being coming under attack. We've been told we don't exist.

01:10 We've been told people don't want to see you. We've been cancelled all over the place.

01:19 Does it feel extra poignant for you now to be putting, curating this exhibition here in London?

01:24 It is a bit challenging in terms of, you know, we had this exhibit before and it was all

01:33 self-contained. We maintained all the artwork, every piece that was exhibited before.

01:39 But now the environment has changed drastically and there's before Gaza and after Gaza and

01:47 we could not show the same exhibit without any recognition of Gaza and what's happening in Gaza.

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