Rosalind Nashashibi's 'Get Me A Stone' at Artium Museoa

The solo exhibition 'Get Me A Stone' by Rosalind Nashashibi is currently displayed at Artium Museoa in Vitoria, Spain, until November 1. This showcase includes 18 impressionistic pieces on paper, linen, and velvet, produced between 2021 and 2026. Notable among them is the 2026 work 'Get Me A Stone,' featuring a stone held in a raised fist against a still-life setting. Other pieces, such as 'The Living Thread' (2025) and 'Chrysanthemums, Hand with Stone' (2025), explore similar themes of stones in anonymous hands. The curator's text highlights the works' emotional and political resonance concerning the Gaza Strip. Nashashibi, a 2017 Turner Prize nominee, draws from her Palestinian and Northern Irish roots, with her father born post-1948 Nakba. Her earlier video 'Electrical Gaza' (2014) captured daily life in Gaza prior to the 2014 Israeli siege. The exhibition also features pastoral works titled 'The Return' (2025, 2026, 2026), which allude to the Palestinian right of return. Curator Catalina Lozano emphasizes that the paintings provide an alternative perspective to the brutality witnessed in the region, while Nashashibi's art challenges Western painting conventions by embedding political significance within still lifes and landscapes, echoing the symbolism of stones in Palestinian resistance, as referenced in Mahmoud Darwish's poetry.