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Painting oppression from Aleppo
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by Maya Sioufi

“Men are preoccupied with two things: politics and sex” says Aleppo-based 70 year-old artist Saad Yagan. And that’s why many of his paintings depict men either having heated political debates or dreaming about – often nude – women. With his first solo show at the Mark Hachem gallery in Beirut ongoing, Yagan is in town to reconnect with friends and tell people that he is surviving and still working. He’s built an impressive contact list since his first exhibition in Beirut back in 1971. A raid on his studio The Syrian crisis has not been easy on the artist. In 2011, his former studio, 18 kilometers outside of Aleppo, was raided by the Al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra front. They set fire to 22 large paintings and his library of books because they considered his work haram, an Arabic term meaning sinful.  With Al Nusra still occupying his former studio, Yagan moved

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