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"Sabra"
Mark Vallen 1983 - 2002
Silkscreen - 23" x 29"

Artist's statement:

"I originally created this silkscreen print in 1983, but due to the present crisis in the Middle East I had the work reprinted in 2002. Working with master printer Richard Duardo and his Modern Multiples Serigraphy Studio of Los Angeles, I00 impressions of this print were pulled by hand. Each serigraph is printed on heavy white paper. My print is named after the Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon where upwards of 1,000 innocent civilians were massacred in the worst atrocity of Israel's 1982 invasion of that country. My work is dedicated to all those who lost their lives in the horror of the Sabra refugee camp.

On a few occasions people have referred to the figure in my print as a "terrorist." Since my work contains no text or slogans, and the figure is unarmed - that is quite a remarkable observation. How can a simple portrait of an anonymous person wearing the traditional garb of a nationality be so construed? This indicates the fundamental problem many westerners have in dealing with the Israeli - Palestinian conflict. The hopes, dreams, and aspirations of the Palestinian people are left unacknowledged because of an inability to see them as a people worthy of respect."
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