Two figures stand on a hilltop under a storm sky — one wrapped in a Palestinian keffiyeh and embroidered thobe, one in a Jewish tallit — while two children wash their hands together in a muddy pool between them.

DUŠAN RISTIĆ

My Beautiful People

Invoking dialogue, understanding, and peace.

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I'm a Roma artist — from a stateless nation that has never gone to war. I make paintings, photographs, and performances about what conflict is, and about what the people inside it still share.

From the wall

Peanut — a large abstract oil triptych in crimson and teal

Peanut · oil on canvas · 2021

 Global Warming — a photographic work from 2007

Global Warming 2/3 · photography · 2007

 Cat with Women — a figurative oil painting in jewel greens and blues

Cat with Women · oil on canvas · 2005

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