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
Sketch #46 based on #CaesarPhotos . Imad Mustafa al-Faluji. 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 2, 2020
Sketch #45 #CaesarPhotos . Khaldun Abdo Shuqayr, a man with special needs. 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 2, 2020