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News from the Front [triptych] (43” x 34,” April 2024)

"News from the Front" is not about the heroics of war, nor political intrigue. Here are no grand ideals, no promoted ideology of superiority or righteousness. Wherever the battle lines, one thing they all share is grieving women who’ve lost loved ones and whose lives are upended. No matter how stridently each side defines the other as monstrous, there is a similarity in the shared grief among survivors. This three-part stitched fabric construction showcases the reality of war, and its impact on Ukrainian (L), Israeli (C), and Palestinian (R) women.
"News from the Front" is not about the heroics of war, nor political intrigue. Here are no grand ideals, no promoted ideology of superiority or righteousness. Wherever the battle lines, one thing they all share is grieving women who’ve lost loved ones and whose lives are upended. No matter how stridently each side defines the other as monstrous, there is a similarity in the shared grief among survivors. This three-part stitched fabric construction showcases the reality of war, and its impact on Ukrainian (L), Israeli (C), and Palestinian (R) women.