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Sabra and Shatila Massacre
1982-1983
A vast monochrome drawing makes atrocity accumulate across an unbroken field.
Artist field note
Dia Al-Azzawi
Modern form carries the epic weight of Arab history.
Appears inMiddle East & North Africa
The five in one idea
Al-Azzawi created a modern visual language broad enough for myth, nation, poetry and catastrophe.