mixed media wood sculpture, based on a woodcut print; 28×12.5×9”

“In our world of violence and injustice and in the current times in the USA, one often feels like a helpless observer, an impotent witness to a course gone astray, to belief values trodden upon, to dominating and destructive violence impossible to control and stop… One feels badly in need of active arms to stop the bullying, the circle of despair… My sculpture on one b and w side shows the helplessness many of us currently feel; but on the other, with emboldened colors, it reminds us of our energy to carry on the fight.”

ARTIST BIO: Saad Ghosn, a native of Lebanon, has lived in Cincinnati since 1985. A retired medical professional, an educator, and a Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, he resorts to visual and literary art to express himself and his sociopolitical views. Saad believes that activism is at the heart of art expression. He is the founder and president of ‘SOS ART’ and the editor and publisher of the yearly ‘For a Better World, Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice by Greater Cincinnati Artists’. Saad has written about many of Cincinnati’s Artists Activists including in his book Greater Cincinnati Artists as Activists.”