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Sumeyra Gunduz
Clark Universtiy, 2025, Psychology
A Palestinian Girl in Palestinian Embroidered Dress
watercolor and gold leaf on cold pressed watercolor paper
10″ x 14″
12/18/2023
Beyond the discursive and practical actions of social justice advocacy, it is essential to employ an aesthetic experience (painting, story telling, poetry and music) for illustrating the everyday lives of Palestinians. Colors and patterns of the embroidery are not only a manifestation of Palestinian culture but also an aesthetic experience of everydayness in which one can explore the roots of Palestinians amidst the war-torn circumstance of indeterminacy. Installation of Palestine in my works is a product of an ethic that intents to respond to that which is beyond one’s control while avoiding a slide into passive resignation or political despair.
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Sumeyra Gunduz
Clark Universtiy, 2025, Psychology
The Sun
watercolor and golden leaf on hot pressed watercolor paper
9″ x 12″
2023
Enemy of The Sun, by George Jackson “. . .You may put out the light in my eyes. You may deprive me of my mother’s kisses. You may curse my father, my people. You may distort my history. You may deprive my children of a smile And of life’s necessities. You may fool my friends with a borrowed face. You may build walls of hatred around me. You may glue my eyes to humiliations, O enemy of the sun, But I shall not compromise And to the last pulse in my veins I shall resist. . . “
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