Two sides to every concrete canvas

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MF08Ak01.html


The wall that divides Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories is ugly and oppressive. It is far from a work of art. But now it is the subject of art.

The Jerusalem Fund Gallery's new exhibition ''Breaching the Wall'' displays works of 11 different artists that reflect their feelings and artistic reactions to this eight-meter-high concrete wall that runs for 520 kilometers (64% of the planned length).

-snip of how the artists were picked and what their renditions meant-

There's not one way to interpret the wall, and that is the point of the show. But it is equally important not to condone its ugly existence, no matter how beautiful some artists' renderings of its meaning may seem.
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and it has generated a multi-billion-dollar occupation industry that the United States government helps subsidize with its annual aid package to Israel. And despite a ruling by the International Criminal Court declaring the wall illegal and denying the Israeli claim that security concerns necessitated its construction, work on the wall continues to this day. For such an overwhelming challenge with truly global implications, art is a last refuge to theorize, resist, and overcome the wall's imposed divisions.




Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory



*The Court finds that the construction by Israel of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory and its associated régime are contrary to international law; it states
the legal consequences arising from that illegality

http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?pr=71&code=mwp&p1=3&p2=4&p3=6&case=131&k=5a