Sabri Al Qurashi

Look for the unknown

Acrylic paint on paper, 31 x 23,5 cm

2014

Isolation

Pencil on paper, 28,5 x 22 cm

2013

No hear, no see, no talk

Pencil on paper, 28,5 x 22 cm

2013 

Guantanamo

Acrylic paint on paper, 22 x 28,5 cm

2012 

Incident:

Ode to the Sea: Art from Guantanamo Bay exhibition, John Jay College, New York.

In 2017, an exhibition in New York of art by inmates at Guantánamo Bay received extensive media coverage. As a result, the Pentagon changed the regulations of the detention centre and prohibited the release of any artwork created inside Guantánamo. It also threatened to burn any art made by the detainees.  

Biography:

Sabri Al Qurashi (Yemen) spent twelve years at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre. He was released in 2014.