ISTANBUL – Artist Saype, known for his murals around the world, unveiled on Friday a piece painted on rubble in the southern Turkish city Antakya, devastated by February’s deadly quake.
The February 6 quake in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria killed more than 55,000 people and left thousands homeless and reliant on international assistance.
The black and white mural of two hands holding each other was painted on 1,000 square meters (10,700 square feet) of rubble, in a space that was once home to residential buildings, a bakery and tailor.
“It used to be a lively street,” Guillaume Legros, known as Saype, told AFP.
“When the earthquake hit, I was moved. I came here in July and I couldn’t believe it. I realised the extent of the catastrophe,” the Frenchman, whose wife was born in Turkey, said.
He decided to dedicate a project to the survivors of the earthquake on the ruins…
