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ARTISTIC INTIFADA إنتفاضة فنية: From There

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Creator: Manal Deeb | 2012

“In a striking self-portrait, “From There,” Deeb appears partially obscured by a screen of white paint. Though eyes without faces are a recurring motif in her other works, in this portrait Deeb offers her face without eyes, without a window into her soul. It…

Stars open among the lilies.
Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens?
This is the silence of astounded souls.

Sylvia Plath, from Crossing the Water (via frenchtwist)

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Jean-Léon Gérôme, Sais And His Donkey, c. 1898

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Jean-Léon Gérôme, Sais And His Donkey, c. 1898

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Jean-Léon Gérôme, Painting Breathes Life Into Sculpture, 1893

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Jean-Léon Gérôme, Painting Breathes Life Into Sculpture, 1893

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Jean-Léon Gérôme, Venus Rising (The Star), 1890

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Jean-Léon Gérôme, Venus Rising (The Star), 1890