Gaza War is Most Horrific Event after Hiroshima: British Artist Peter Kennard
The British artist and activist, Peter Kennard, has harshly criticized the Israeli war against Gaza, describing it as the “most horrific” event after Hiroshima. Kennard also lashed out at Western leaders who remain silent on what he called Israeli “genocide.”
“What is going on in Gaza is the worst, most horrific, most mind-shattering thing that happened in my life time because one is seeing it as it happens and then the other side of that is the complete silence of Western leaders. It is horrendous. How can they talk seriously about democracy? It is gone out of the window now. It doesn’t exist because you can see this is a genocide happening,” he said.
“I think at the moment one of the main things about the art world is this question of Gaza because exhibitions are being shut down, people aren’t allowed to make any mention of it. People that are in the art market have problems signing letters supporting Gaza because their collectors and their galleries don’t want them to do it, which is disgusting,” Kennard noted.
“I mean I think it is very important that artists speak out on Gaza because this is going to go down in history as the most horrific event that most of us have lived through post-Hiroshima generation,” he added.
