(SOLD) Original Painting "Ahed Tamimi vs Wonder Woman", based on mural, Melbourne, 2018
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Original Painting "Ahed Tamimi vs Wonder Woman", Synthetic Polymer on Canvas, 77cm (h) x 61cm (w). Sealed with clear enamel varnish for protection.
There are POSTERS AVAILABLE of this image!
Based on the #FreeAhedTamimi mural in Fitzroy, Melbourne , Australia, (see 'Street Murals' section of this website).
When you purchase any of my artworks, you are making a valuable contribution to the ongoing development of my political art, and enabling me to expose my work to wider audiences.
Story behind this painting
The painting was based on the mural completed in February, 2018, in Fitzroy, Australia (it may still be there!).
I've been wanting to create a #FreeAhedTamimi mural and painting for a while, and was inspired by the many artists around the world who've expressed their solidarity with the Palestinian struggle against Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine, and particularly what 16 year old Ahed Tamimi symbolizes to younger and new audiences around the world. The text om the mural reads: "Even Wonder Woman is trained to imprison Palestinian children." (Please excuse the spelling mistake on the mural! I have mispelt imprison with 'imrison'. I'm pretty sure you get the message anyway).
Before explaining why Wonder Woman is used in the mural,
Christopher Anderton, from Red Flag writes about Ahed Tamimi:
"Ahed Tamimi, a 16 year old Palestinian activist from the village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank will be sentenced up to 10 years in prison for slapping and shoving an Israeli soldier if found guilty by a military tribunal."
"Ahed's situation is commonplace. The Israeli military detains on average two Palestinian teens per night, and Ahed is one of more than 450 Palestinians held in indefinite 'administrative detention'."
To read more of this article, click here.
Wonder Woman is used in the mural to satirize the Israeli actor Gal Gadot who played Wonder Woman in the 2017 global movie release. She was trained by the Israeli Defense Force and is known to stand by the IDF's mission of repressing Palestinian people. For the general context of this, you can read this article.
When creating this mural, on an aesthetic level, I chose use a slight bit of anamorphism, where you can view it at the location from an angle where the mural will appear clearer as opposed to if you were standing directly in front of it. This was partly a logistical tactic because you can't really view the whole mural properly when standing directly in from of it because of a lack of space.
If you would like to purchase an affordable poster version of this visit this page.
Original Painting "Ahed Tamimi vs Wonder Woman", Synthetic Polymer on Canvas, 77cm (h) x 61cm (w). Sealed with clear enamel varnish for protection.
There are POSTERS AVAILABLE of this image!
Based on the #FreeAhedTamimi mural in Fitzroy, Melbourne , Australia, (see 'Street Murals' section of this website).
When you purchase any of my artworks, you are making a valuable contribution to the ongoing development of my political art, and enabling me to expose my work to wider audiences.
Story behind this painting
The painting was based on the mural completed in February, 2018, in Fitzroy, Australia (it may still be there!).
I've been wanting to create a #FreeAhedTamimi mural and painting for a while, and was inspired by the many artists around the world who've expressed their solidarity with the Palestinian struggle against Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine, and particularly what 16 year old Ahed Tamimi symbolizes to younger and new audiences around the world. The text om the mural reads: "Even Wonder Woman is trained to imprison Palestinian children." (Please excuse the spelling mistake on the mural! I have mispelt imprison with 'imrison'. I'm pretty sure you get the message anyway).
Before explaining why Wonder Woman is used in the mural,
Christopher Anderton, from Red Flag writes about Ahed Tamimi:
"Ahed Tamimi, a 16 year old Palestinian activist from the village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank will be sentenced up to 10 years in prison for slapping and shoving an Israeli soldier if found guilty by a military tribunal."
"Ahed's situation is commonplace. The Israeli military detains on average two Palestinian teens per night, and Ahed is one of more than 450 Palestinians held in indefinite 'administrative detention'."
To read more of this article, click here.
Wonder Woman is used in the mural to satirize the Israeli actor Gal Gadot who played Wonder Woman in the 2017 global movie release. She was trained by the Israeli Defense Force and is known to stand by the IDF's mission of repressing Palestinian people. For the general context of this, you can read this article.
When creating this mural, on an aesthetic level, I chose use a slight bit of anamorphism, where you can view it at the location from an angle where the mural will appear clearer as opposed to if you were standing directly in front of it. This was partly a logistical tactic because you can't really view the whole mural properly when standing directly in from of it because of a lack of space.
If you would like to purchase an affordable poster version of this visit this page.
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