Nathan Fuja Bids Good Riddance to Muammar Al-Gaddafi
Omar Yusuf — October 22, 2011 — Pop Culture
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Arab Spring is finally proving itself to be a movement of substance, and pop artist Nathan Fuja is commemorating that paradigm shift in the Maghreb-Arab world with a slew of paintings inspired by the now-deceased Libyan dictator.
Though the conflict skirts categorization, what's now known as the 2011 Libyan Civil War effectively ended on Wednesday with the confirmed death of Muammar Al-Gaddafi, the so-called Brotherly Leader of Benghazi who ruled for 42 uninterrupted years. Named for Gaddafi's infamous love of Italy and its women, 'Arrivederci Gaddafi' is a series of color screen prints that depict the dictator in a curious, if not morbid light. Nathan Fuja's work is all hand-painted on torn, archival paper and provides unique insight into the mind of the often unapproachable tin-pot strongman. For now, one can only hope that Libya's transitional government steers the country in the right direction.
Though the conflict skirts categorization, what's now known as the 2011 Libyan Civil War effectively ended on Wednesday with the confirmed death of Muammar Al-Gaddafi, the so-called Brotherly Leader of Benghazi who ruled for 42 uninterrupted years. Named for Gaddafi's infamous love of Italy and its women, 'Arrivederci Gaddafi' is a series of color screen prints that depict the dictator in a curious, if not morbid light. Nathan Fuja's work is all hand-painted on torn, archival paper and provides unique insight into the mind of the often unapproachable tin-pot strongman. For now, one can only hope that Libya's transitional government steers the country in the right direction.
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