Literature

Derived from photographs of peeling walls captured by a journalist in Gaza, Hazem Harb’s collages reveal hidden strata of colour—soft pink, faded blue, deep burgundy—each layer reflecting decades of familial life, shifting aesthetics, and the testimonies of past occupants. The artist posits the question to the audience: “If these walls could talk, what might they say?” Harb’s collages, reconnecting displaced bodies to their former spaces, abstract figures appear to emerge from fragmented surfaces, reconstructing disrupted narratives and repairing the sense of fracturedness felt by those in diaspora, like the artist.