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Madalena Lobao-Tello

https://www.saatchiart.com/madalenalobaotello

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Remembering Syrian artist Louay Kayyali, born today in 1934

Louay Kayyali (1934 – 1978)- Syrian artist who was dedicated to depicting everyday life and trials of Syrian peasantry as well as the plight and uprooting of Palestinians. 

Following the defeat in the Six day war in 1967 Kayyali sank into deep depression, sabotaged all but one of his politically charged paintings, eventually stopped painting and died tragically in a fire shortly after.

Painting titles in order: 

the four bereaved(1965)  

what after?(1965)  

mother and child (1960) 

cotton harvest  

the sisters 

woman selling figs 

the broom maker 

the flute seller

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أنا اكره وعندي مشكلة مع التقييم ، تقييم المجتمع لشكلي الخارجي لطبقتي الإجتماعية تقييم الجامعة وبيئات العمل لمستواي الدراسي تقييم الأسرة لسلوكياتي وامثال كثيرة، عندي مشكلة لأني اعتقد انه يتدخل مع طبيعتي في ما احب واكره يجعلني صناعة، احيان كثيرة جل ما اتمناه هو أن اكون شخصا واحدا حقيقيا

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“Capitalism, in other words, inflicts a double injury on depressed people. First, it causes, or contributes to, the state of depression. Second, it erases any form of causality and individualizes the illness, so that it appears as if the depression in question is a personal problem (or property). In some cases, it appears to be your own fault. If you had just lived a better and more active life, made other choices, had a more positive mindset, et cetera, then you would not be depressed. This is the song sung by psychologists, coaches, and therapists around the world: happiness is your choice, your responsibility. The same goes for unhappiness and depression. Capitalism makes us feel bad and then, to add insult to injury, makes us feel bad about feeling bad.”

Mikkel Krause Frantzen, A Future with No Future: Depression, the Left, and the Politics of Mental Health

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Jean-Luc Godard

(The Dziga Vertov Group)

Le vent d’est / Wind from the East ,

1970.

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Helena Almeida, Voar, 2001

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"I am growing up, [...] I am losing my illusions, perhaps to acquire new ones."

Virginia Woolf, Orlando.

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Shirkers (2018) dir. Sandi Tan

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The World Stands in Solidarity

Italy

Germany

Australia

United Kingdom

Canada

Japan

New Zealand

Sweden

Netherlands

Denmark

Ireland

Syria

Brazil

Iran

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SHOPLIFTERS (2018) dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda

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James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni on Soul! London, November 1971

“I can’t be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive.”

~ James Baldwin

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Soleil Ô (Med Hondo, 1967)

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Heather Havrilesky, How to Be a Person in the World

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hands in paintings.