The Mother of Two Springs: Mosul

The title of this piece makes reference to the Arabic name for Mosul ‘The Mother of Two Springs’. Two faceless veiled women float across the lower half of the canvas, framed by a broken telegraph pole and crossing wires that seem to bear down upon the women without a voice. During occupation, Mosul residents were banned by ISIS from using telephones, internet or satellite television & connecting to the outside world – a communication siege was effectively achieved.