Claire Marie Pearman
United Kingdom
www.birchandarrow.com
birchandarrow@gmail.com
Artist's Statement
Big Donkey:
Peace and Compassion
Paper, silver leaf & acrylic
10,000LE (US$1,450.00)
Barbed wire is wound up the donkey's legs to portray
conflict and the struggle for peace. Higher up, it
morphs into a rambling rose; the thorns symbolic of the
ongoing work that needs to be done to maintain peace
once it has been achieved and the roses representing
compassion.
Egyptian folklore has been referenced a little with the
bloody hand print and the blue eyes. Locally, the hand
print is done for good luck but I find it evokes a
visceral, negative reaction and have used it to
symbolize the blood of innocents that is shed in
conflict. This highlights how the same image can be
viewed so alternatively by different cultural groups.
The blue eyes are a nod to the 'evil eye' which keeps
bad spirits away, hence the donkey and its message of
peace compassion will be protected.
Small Donkey:
The Will to Live
Acrylic
4,000LE (US$580.00)
sold
Bright colours have been used to celebrate life, to
reflect the joyful aspect of the donkey. The poem,
The Will to Live by Tunisian poet, Abu al-Qasim al-Shabi
(1909 - 1934), is written on one side of the donkey to
inspire and encourage.
The two sides are painted differently to evoke alternate
moods and to emphasize the beautiful lines of the
sculpture
The Will to Live
“If, one day, a people desires to live, then fate
will answer their call.
And their night will then begin to fade, and their
chains break and fall.
For he who is not embraced by a passion for life will
dissipate into thin air,
At least that is what all creation has told me, and what
its hidden spirits declare…”
Translated by Elliott Colla.
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