| Source | Chicago Reader |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | Nov. 4, 2026, 8:01 a.m. |
| Last Updated | Nov. 4, 2026, 8:01 a.m. |
| Original URL | https://chicagoreader.com/visual-arts/art-feature/new-forms-of-survivance-watershed-art-ecology/ |
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On the third floor of their Gaza home, artists Mohammed Al-Hawajri and Dena
Mattar kept a studio as an archive of decades of work, along with a charming
garden open to the sky. Shelf after shelf of plants lined the walls of the rust-
colored room: cactuses, aloes, and other succulents, all lush and ...