THE SYRIAN REVOLUTION
Despite leaving Syria to pursue a PhD, and eventually settling in France, years before the ‘Arab Spring’, Fares Cachoux felt a deep connection to the Syrian Revolution. Producing some of its most iconic images, his work traces the revolution’s path, from the first cries for freedom to its violence and bloodshed through to its evolution into a multifaceted conflict involving various local, regional and international stakeholders.
As such, Cachoux’s works, with their highly stylized figures, have become visual manifestations of major phases of the Syrian uprising, an artistic creation documenting prominent characters that dominated the collective memory of Syrians for a decade.
Many of these works not only found their way to leading international press, but were produced and recreated on the walls of various Syrian cities and towns, as well as featured on banners in protests across the nation, manifesting the underlying power of art to galvanize people aspiring for freedom and empathy.