Stuart Duffin's exhibition at the Glasgow Print Studio explores the politically and morally charged prints inspired by his residencies in Jerusalem. The artist sees the welfare of Jerusalem as a reflection of global society's wellbeing. However, the exhibition opened amidst the recent Hamas and Islamic Jihad attacks on Israel, adding a somber tone to the artwork. The ongoing violence in the region has further highlighted the urgency and relevance of Duffin's prints.
Stuart Duffin RSA has every right to hold very mixed feelings about A Redder Sun, his current exhibition at the Glasgow Print Studio. The show opened on October 6, the very day before the Hamas and Islamic Jihad attacks on Israel began the latest, grizzly episode in the 75-year Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
For their part, the people of Gaza, caged in the largest open prison in human history, are joined by the desperate Rohingya people of Myanmar as the very image of Frantz Fanon’s “wretched of the Earth”. The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza as a consequence of Israeli military action since October 7 is at least 7,700.
For instance, in one work, titled Still My Angel, a statuesque angel is set above a photographic portrayal of “Jerusalem Street”. Both are raised above a sign that reads, ironically: “This street is a designated riot area: please take your litter home. Council by-law…” The accompanying script suggests that it is, “no longer desirable or even possible to give up self to a greater cause.”
Yet, wiser people than him have explained that the actions of the Gaza militants were, in part, a response to Israeli incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque following the formation of Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition government. Duffin’s visual association of Babylon and Al-Aqsa is, surely, more powerful and chilling than the artist could ever have expected.In addition to brilliantly conceived and executed prints, the show includes a cabinet of objects and two short films.
Duffin’s film of Jerusalem is an important, contextualising element in this exhibition. Overset images of a young, Muslim woman and a young, Orthodox Jewish man walking on different Jerusalem streets have rarely seemed so poignant.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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