The suffering of Syrians is depicted in artist Sara Shamma's "World Civil War Portraits." This painting is titled "Butcher."
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"Everything I saw and everything I see, I humanize it," says Shamma. "Meat" is the title of this work.
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"Amal" is the name of this 2015 oil painting on canvas. Some 7.5 million Syrian children are in need of humanitarian aid, according to UNICEF.
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The oil painting "Icognito 1" is one of four paintings depicting the anonymous suffering of many.
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"Self portrait" shows the artist holding a skull. Shamma says she often uses a mirror when she paints.
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"Child's drawing" is an oil on canvas completed in 2015.
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A human organ hangs in front of a body. The work is titled "In a Box."
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A female Syrian is painted in this oil and acrylic called "Woman in Smoke 3"
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"Mass Grave" shows body parts and brain tissue. More than 300,000 Syrians have been killed since the start of the conflict, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates.
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"I think that this war is not only a war in Syria, it is a world war" says the artist of the exhibit. "Incognito 4" is an oil painting on canvas.
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"I'm inspired by human faces. Their eyes, their smells, their bodies" reflects Shamma. The title of this work: "Donor."
