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February 6, 2009
This is a very expressive image of a violent region----Israel and Gaza in which the cycle of violence is endless and any "victory" or peace is written in the human blood of innocents.
Stavro
Are these images effective? What do they say to us? Do we need to account for the powerlessness of such an image as well as its power. Can we talk in terms of something missing? Does it participate in the life it professes to stand for?
It is an image of a form that is feared and despised -----an afront to those whom it challenges --the Israeli nation-state. It's sign of resistance is seen as an abomination that needs to be mutilated: a graven image that needs to be smashed as a false image to use old religious language. Thus iconoclasm.
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It is wrong though isn't it. Neither side is hell bent on spilling their own blood to achieve peace. Quite the opposite. Both sides wish to win.
So to me it represents a sarcastic almost view point. But if I was there involved it may read differently.
I do like it though. It jumps out and forces the viewer to form an opinion.