Democratic Palestine : 33 (ص 31)
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- Democratic Palestine : 33 (ص 31)
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own feelings make me truly compas-
sionate with people living in exile or
under occupation, with emigrants and
homeless people.» For this reason, she
reacted strongly to the division of
Cyprus in 1974. She painted a huge
canvas in support of the Cypriot
emigrants from the occupied zone, and
presented it to the Cypriot embassy in
Athens, where it still hangs.
THE STONES
At the exhibition, art lovers spent
most of their time in the corner where
the stones were on display, admiring
their beauty and expressiveness. One
stone, 30 cm in size, was entitled
«Mother’s Pain» and dedicated to the
Palestinian mother, showing in the ar-
tist’s words «the pain and agony of a
mother who lives under the burden of
uncertainty which prevents her from
raising her children happily.» The
figure is in a position of mourning,
which is not so easy to achieve with a
stone, and appears to be chiseled. The
thick stone background, made as the
mother’s headdress, serves at the same
time to depict the heaviness of her
burden.
In two other works, entitled «Forced
into Emigration» and «Emigrants,»
crowds of sorrowful people rise out of
the stones’ relief. The characters are in-
tentionally painted with ancient style
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clothing to convey the artist’s idea that
«there have always been people who
remained without a homeland.» Mrs.
Tsatsou believes that «this period of
destruction, aggression, selfishness and
brutality will pass; one day, people will
live in love, peace and solidarity.» She
dedicated one of her paintings, «Song
for the Past,» to this coming day. In
this work, «a young beautiful girl sings
about the life of distress her people
have experienced. Her clothing shows
that she still belongs to this period of
torment, but the new life is beginning,
and the past is only part of a song.»
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The exhibition included many small
and large stones on which Mrs. Tsatsou
had painted her vision of Palestinian
villages, women and children. They
convey her deep feelings and sincere
support to the brave Palestinian people
and their just struggle for their human
rights. In her own words, «I have never
been to Palestine, but I have strong
feelings about the people there. They
are part of my imagination, and that is
why I dared to paint a people, and their
towns and villages, although I had
never met them or visited their
homeland.» e@
Viva la amistad
entre los pueblos
Palestino
y Cubano
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