Drawn from everyday life in Palestine beyond headlines.
30% of profits support medical aid in Gaza (Medico International). Palestine UNSETTLED | Winner of the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture - AFAC
Palestine UNSETTLED is a mesmerizing photo book journey to Palestine. Exhibited within its space are 130 unique images taken in Palestine during the Second Intifada (2000-2007), making them a historical
record. As a native Jerusalemite who lived under occupation for thirty-two years, Sabella sees the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians as a conflict of images where Israel holds the upper hand because of its resources of image formation, control, and circulation. With this mission, the journey of Palestine UNSETTLED ends with a leap of faith. Steve Sabella (*1975 born in Jerusalem, Palestine), is a Berlin-based international artist using photography and photographic installations as his primary forms of expression. His research focuses on the genealogy and archaeology of the image. He is the author of the award-winning memoir, The Parachute Paradox, published by Kerber Verlag (Berlin, 2016) tackling the colonization of the imagination. The book won the 2017 Eric Hoffer Award and the 2016 Nautilus Book Awards for best memoir. In 2008, Sabella received the Ellen Auerbach Award by nomination from the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, leading to a monograph covering twenty years of his art published by Hatje Cantz (Berlin, 2014) with texts by Hubertus von Amelunxen, president of the European Graduate School in Switzerland, and a foreword by artist and art historian Kamal Boullata who described Sabella’s work as a dream to discover. Sabella’s art is in the British Museum collection in London. MATHAF, The Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, where he was one of the 23 artists commissioned for its inauguration in 2010. The Arab World Institute in Paris, which has twenty artworks in their permanent collection. Bahrain National Museum upon a commission to interpret the country visually. Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art in Sarajevo. Salsali Private Museum in Dubai, among other museums & prominent private collections. https://stevesabella.space/pages/palestine-unsettled
