Cartoons in Conflicts
Thursday, December 10th - 23rd, 2009
6 West 26th Street , New York, NY
Thursday to Sunday 12pm to 7pm
Contact: Jodie DiNapoli press@nolongerempty.com
No Longer Empty in partnership with The Parents Circle – Families Forum (PCFF) are pleased to announce Cartoons in Conflict: Editorial Cartoonists Explore Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, an exhibition featuring the works of forty renowned American and International cartoonists who offer their singular perspective on the Palestinian-Israeli situation
Conflict, reconciliation, and peace are illustrated through the works of Nobel laureate Pat Oliphant, Pulitzer Prize winner Jim Morin, syndicated political cartoonist Jeff Danziger, and The New Yorker's Liza Donnelly, as well as international artists No Rio of Japan, Plantu of France, El-Roto of Spain, and Cathy Wilcox of Australia among others. The exhibit previously visited Israel, Spain, and Italy.
Meant to promote peace, tolerance and understanding, this exhibition portrays complicated and challenging ideas with just a few penstrokes. As Robi Damelin. Spokesperson of PCFF notes “Their art illustrates the destructive absurdity of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and, more importantly, serves as a catalyst for hope by imagining a path to reconciliation and peace.”
Scheduled happenings are the opening night (Dec 10),
Interfaith night (Dec 14)
Gallery Tour and Musical Evening (Dec 16)
A special thanks for the generosity of Kew Management- a strong force in the real estate arena in New York.
Parents Circle Families Forum (PCFF) is a grassroots organization of more than 500 bereaved Palestinians and Israelis who have chosen a path of reconciliation in order to prevent other families from experiencing their terrible pain. The group seeks to change Israeli and Palestinian awareness and public opinion by conducting intensive educational, public, and media activities promoting reconciliation as an alternative to hate and revenge. For more information, visit www.theparentscircle.org
Kew Management Corporation is a third-generation, family-owned company with headquarters at Manhattan’s historic Madison Square. Kew Management owns and manages landmark buildings specializing in small office space. The company actively partners with the community, from recent collaborations with Columbia Pictures and HBO for on-location shoots to active support of the Madison Square Park Conservancy. For information, visit www.kewmanagement.com
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Ares |
Bado | Baha Boukhari |
David Bromley |
Jeff Danziger |
Liza Donnely |
Damien Glez |
Dario |
Roar Hagen | Michel Kichka |
Andrzej Krauze |
Pierre Kroll|
Sergio Langer |
Xia Li-Chuan |
Piyale Madra |
Alan Moir |
Jim Morin |
Patrick Oliphant |
Tan Oral |
Plantu |
Marlene Pohle |
Izel Rozental |
Sergei Tunin | Stephff |
Cathy Wilcox |
No-Rio | Zapiro |
Mikhail Zlatkovsky |
