Sliman Mansour Preserves Palestinian History Through Art
about 5 months ago (12/06/2023)
Sliman Mansour Preserves Palestinian History Through Art Skip to content Sliman Mansour, “Rituals Under Occupation” (1989), oil on canvas, 47 1/2 x 40 inches (all images courtesy Zawyeh Gallery and the artist) Nearly every day, Sliman Mansour makes the hours-long journey between his home in Jerusalem and his studio in Ramallah. The Palestinian painter has been documenting his people, their ancestors, their land, and their fight for liberation for over half a century. “Anything that is Palestinian, even just being here, breathing and thinking, is a sensitive matter to the Israelis because they built their narrative around denying our existence,” Mansour said in a video interview with Hyperallergic .