"There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us." - Sophocles"
"No matter how expertly painted, how creatively crafted, how defiantly clinging to beauty in all its visual instantiations, these paintings are about horror, that which is unleashed upon the world by evil forces, that which is experienced by the subjects of the painting, and that induced in us who view the cruelty on hand."
"Sam Marroquin's exhibition When the World Looks Away is about the years of ongoing horror experienced by Palestinians in Gaza. The artist confronts us with depictions of humans under existential threat, their bodies and spirits under relentless assault, their culture and history intentionally eradicated, their grief more than a single generation can hold. As of this writing, there are now Israeli orders for even Doctors without Borders and other aid organizations to leave the strip by February, during ongoing mass displacement. This, and continued violence despite the cease-fire agreements, will worsen the situation for the civilian population."
Sam Marroquin's exhibition When the World Looks Away depicts years of ongoing horror experienced by Palestinians in Gaza. Paintings confront human bodies and spirits under existential threat, showing relentless assault, intentional eradication of culture and history, and intergenerational grief. Israeli orders for Doctors Without Borders and other aid organizations to leave the strip by February occur amid ongoing mass displacement. Continued violence despite cease-fire agreements exacerbates civilian suffering and worsens humanitarian conditions. The work takes on the responsibility of bearing witness to atrocity, invoking memory and moral accountability through visual representations of cruelty and loss.
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