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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Steven Morris

DARK SECRETS: It s important to talk about these things exhibition highlights destroyed middle eastern heritage sites | Vintage Vibes

Colourful sheets of orange and yellow silk representing maps of countries in the Middle East are suspended in the air as people in the gallery observe the art.
Standing by the Ruins is Awartani’s first solo public gallery show in Europe. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/The Guardian

The exhibition is bright, beautiful and melancholy: an exploration of the loss of cultural and heritage sites in the Middle East destroyed by conflict and unsympathetic development.

Standing by the Ruins, a show by the Palestinian-Saudi artist Dana Awartani includes a recreation of an ancient bathhouse floor in Gaza believed to have been destroyed in Israeli attacks.

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