Lebanese artist makes amazing statue from Beirut port explosion rubble
Lebanese artist makes amazing statue from Beirut port explosion rubble
BEIRUT (Web Desk) – A Lebanese artist has created an amazing status out of the rubble of Beirut port explosion, reported CNN.
The artist, Hayat Nazer said that she was on her way to Beirut on August 4 when a massive stockpile of ammonium nitrite exploded at the port, killing 190 people, injuring more than 6,000 and leaving more than 300,000 displaced from their homes.
"The explosion broke my heart. I was just devastated. I was traumatized, but honestly, all of us in Lebanon are traumatized," Nazer told.
"When I’m feeling that way I just try to help, and fix and heal through art, so this is my way of accepting reality and trying to build my people back up," she added.
The artist further said, “I traveled to people’s homes after they were destroyed by the explosion and told them, ‘I just want you to give me anything I can include to make you a part of my sculpture. I was shocked. People gave me such valuable things -- things from their childhood, their grandparents who died in the civil war, things they wanted to save for their children. So many emotions went into this.”
I then created a statute of a woman raising Lebanon’s flag to express solidarity with the victims, she added.
