Soon there will an auction in Doha which which include interesting Middle Eastern art, Ayman Baalbaki will feature among the lot with a work entitled Al Sharq Al Awsat (which means "Middle East" - but also refers to our national carrier Middle East Airlines).
Here is the work in question courtesy of Sotheby's:
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| Ayman Baalbaki, Al Sharq Al Awsat |
As soon as I saw the work I remembered it was based on an actual photo, from the 1982 destruction of the Beirut International Airport. Sadly I have no credit for the photo as to who took it but here it is nonetheless:
And just in case you are interested, here's a different view of a plane that suffered the same fate (from the same era and time):
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The same infamous photo appeared as an inspiration to the airport scene in Waltz With Bashir (director Ari Folman)
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| Still from Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman) |
It is good to know that destroyed planes actually ended up being an inspiration to artistic works.
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