July 31 Opening for After the Last Sky

After the Lasy Sky is an exhibit of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper responding to a poem by Mahmous Darwish

Curated by May Elian and Haifa Bint Kadi with artists Rahaf Alloum, Elias Ayoub, Haifa Bint Kadi, May Elian, Rhonda Khalifeh, Semaan Khawam, Louma Rabah, Ridikkuluz, Ghylan Safadi, Sarah Valeri, Yamen Yousef

The exhibit will be open from July 28 through August 10. Opening July 31 from 6-9. 20 Jay St #307, Brooklyn, NY

Call 646 284 0029 for entry or appointments.

Where should the birds fly after the last sky?

The Earth is closing in on us

pushing us through the last passage

and we tear off our limbs to pass through.

The Earth is squeezing us.

I wish we were its wheat

so we could die and live again.

I wish the Earth was our mother

so she’s be kind to us

I wish we were pictures on the rocks

for our dreams to carry as mirrors.

We saw the face of those who will throw

our children out of the window of this last space.

Our star will hang up mirrors.

Where should we go after the last frontiers?

Where should the birds fly after the last sky?

Where should the plants sleep after the last breath?
We will write our names in scarlet steam.

We will cut off the hand of the song to be finished.

We will die here, here in the last passge.

Here and here our blood will plant its olive tree.

-Mahmous Darwish