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Sergey Kadinsky
Postcards
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January 2008 |
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Keep it United |
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Prismacolor markers, color pencils |
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Personal collection |
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This sketch is simply the name of Israel's capital and holiest city turned into graffiti block letters resembling the Western Wall. In the background, a map of the city mimics the Tower of David, an Ottoman fort built on the site of an biblical-period fortress. Today, it is one of the symbols of Jerusalem. On the left is a gate to the Old City, based on an image of the Damascus (Shekhem) Gate. The sketch expresses opposition to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's unpopular proposal to re-divide the city along ethnic lines. As this sketch shows, graffiti comes in all languages.
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