SZ Gallery is delighted to showcase the most recent series titled, ‘Jerusalem: City of Paradoxes,’ by the prominent Palestinian artist Hosni Radwan. His art delves deep into the intriguing contradictions of this historical city.

Hosni Radwan participates with works using charcoal, acrylic, and gold leaf on canvas; he attempts to express his fascination with a city haunted by shades of paradoxes.

The minute Radwan saw Jerusalem, after living in the diaspora most of his life, he fell in love with it. He was fascinated with the place, its beauty, and contradictions; the little arches, the oriental style of architecture, the smells, the colors, the noises, and the unique way of living. Jerusalem brought the artist closer to safety and belonging as it carried him back to his childhood in the old city of Baghdad (the place where his family was displaced in 1948). The two places have many things in common, which appear on the surface of his paintings as childish sparkles, cold gray corners, little ancient white domes, golden holy places as well as pink stones.