Description
The Dove was conceived, designed and printed in the period before Christmas 2016 when the news broadcast daily the devastation brought by war to the people and the city of Aleppo in Syria. In contrast to their typically colourful, irreverent, playful work, Outrageous Ambition’s interpretation of the dove of peace is monochrome and sober.
The foregrounded dove, smooth and bright-white, soars against a dark, turbulent background. There is a powerful symbolism in the stark contrast between the perfectly white dove with the olive branch in its beak and the ashen world it finds itself in. This contrast seems to create a jarring effect similar to that of the picture of a child among the grey rubble of a war-struck city. Underneath the dove, the word ‘peace’ is written in English and Arabic suggesting that peace is a common aspiration, the foundation of a shared humanity that thrives in peace and wilts in war. In the words of the Nobel laureate for literature, Georgios Seferis, ‘humanity is brittle like dry grass, and war cuts through it like a scythe’.
This print has been crafted with love to encourage, inspire and help us all believe in peace.
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Your coaster will be packaged in bubble wrap and dispatched in a double-wall cardboard box by the Outrageous Team.
All profits from the sale of our artwork are reinvested back into Outrageous Ambition to enable the artists of Outrageous Ambition to continue their journey of self-belief and creativity. Outrageous Ambition Artists further use their talents to extend their support to charities and social enterprises that are working hard to make the world a better place by donating 10% of prints produced for them to sell to raise funds to support their work
The artwork is copyright of Outrageous Ambition 2017. The copyright is not transferable.
