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Art at Watson Presents "Requiem for Syria," an exhibition by Khaled Akil

Tuesday, March 6 –
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

2nd Floor

This series is not about war, it is about peace. Peace is the way of nature, war is man-made. This series is composed of six works, portray the minimalism and impartiality of Sufism and nature, and above all, of humanity. The project can be described as a lone breath of a drowning man.

Khaled Akil is a Syrian Fine-art photographer and mixed media artist, born in Aleppo City, his work focuses primarily on critiquing war, religion and social turmoil in the Middle East.

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