Sketch #57 based on #CaesarPhotos . From “Operation Caesar” by Garance Le Caisne. Testimony of Mazen Alhummada-“It was the first body Mazen had to carry. He wrapped him in a blanket and, with the help of a teenage boy, carried the body to the officer’s room.” @HolocaustMuseum August 29, 2020
Sketch #55 based on #CaesarPhotos . From “Operation Caesar” by @garancelecaisne: “ We we’re locked in a room less than 9m sq.. No ventilation, no beds. Rotten food. Everyone had dysentery. From the guards and “doctor”, the same greeting everyday: ‘Anyone died?’ @HolocaustMuseum August 16, 2020
Sketch #54 based on #CaesarPhotos . Layla Shweikani, 26-year-old #Chicago native murdered by #Assad. I draw these portraits to meditate on the fact that these faces used to brighten the hearts of countless people, and #Assad stole their lives. #Justice @HolocaustMuseum August 15, 2020August 15, 2020
Sketch #53 based on #CaesarPhotos . From “Operation Caesar” by @garancelecaisne: “ The bodies began to accumulate in the garage at Mezzeh. In the sun and heat the bodies weren’t well preserved. The soldiers pushed them with their boots, showing no respect.” @HolocaustMuseum August 14, 2020
Sketch #52 (sculpture:cold porcelain/color) based on #CaesarPhotos . Waheed Talib Sawaya- #Daraa #Syria. Murdered by #Assad @HolocaustMuseum August 12, 2020
Sketch #51 (sculpture) based on #CaesarPhotos . From “Operation Caesar” by @garancelecaisne: “ A Hyundai pulls up, immediately two soldiers throw 10 or so naked bodies onto the ground. ‘Chuck those S.O.B ‘s over there!” they shout.” @HolocaustMuseum August 9, 2020
Sketch #50 based on #CaesarPhotos . In “Operation Caesar” by @garancelecaisne , a former detainee describes “medical” staff in #Assad hospitals murdering detainees begging for water by injecting them with something (air?) and leaving them to die in pain. @HolocaustMuseum August 8, 2020
Sketch #49 based on #CaesarPhotos . Ma’een Yunus al-Bardaan. I draw these portraits to meditate on the fact that these faces used to brighten the hearts of countless people, and #Assad stole their lives. #Justice @HolocaustMuseum August 7, 2020
Sketch #48 based on #CaesarPhotos (sculpture). A plastic sheet for a burial shroud. I make these portraits to meditate on the fact that these faces used to brighten the hearts of countless people, and #Assad stole their lives. #Justice @HolocaustMuseum August 6, 2020
Sketch #47 based on #CaesarPhotos .Khalid Hadlah. I draw these portraits to meditate on the fact that these faces used to brighten the hearts of countless people, and #Assad stole their lives. #Justice @HolocaustMuseum August 3, 2020