the floating world

This installation by Palestinian artist Emily Jacir commemorates the approximately 30,000 books from Palestinian homes, libraries, and institutions that were looted by Israeli authorities in 1948. Six thousand of these books are kept in stock in Jerusalem under the designation “Abandoned Property.” The artist photographed many of these books, and translated selected handwritten inscriptions to be exhibited on billboards such as this one. The text reads, “This book belongs to its owner Fathallah Saad. He bought it with his own money at the beginning of March 1892.” #Palestine #StreetArt (at The High Line)

Komaro Hoshino, from International Photography Exposed, Vol. 2 (1985)

igor moritz / deepti naval / martiros sarian / victor delfin / deepti naval / carlos alonso

Watanabe Shōtei (1851-1918)

A refugee tent embroidered with the names of the 418 Palestinian villages.

from the series Five views of Aso  阿蘇五景  1950  Woodblock Print  25×36cm each   Source:1 2 3    more

Ernest Martin Hennings From Cumbres Pass, Taos, New Mexico

Godfather Death’ Paper, clay, paint, approx 25cm tall. by shaun tan

From: Shaun Tan: Rules of Summer (2013)

Blue in paintings by Vincent van Gogh