(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A one-day art exhibit called "Hostage Square Chicago" set up at the intersection of Madison and Morgan Tuesday, just blocks from the Democratic National Convention. The exhibit was to remember and honor those killed and taken hostage last October in the Israel-Hamas war.
Noah Elder is an artist from Highland Park who was re-creating a tattoo of a Japanese Koi fish that he had made for a survivor of the violence.
“At the end of the day, people need to remember that war is bad across the board. That people, innocent people on all sides of this, were affected for the worse on October 7. And just to be able to come do art, which represents peace and art is beauty,” Elder said.
The art exhibit was organized by the Israeli American Council.
Aya Schechter with the Israeli American Council explained a ten-foot tall milk cartons with photos of Americans who were either killed last October 7 or are being held hostage by Hamas.
“We do know that this is a very American thing and that is exactly what we wanted to convey. These are American citizens and we wanted to make sure that they are not being forgotten, and we wanted to raise the awareness to their situation,” Schechter said.
Other works of art include drops of blood falling from a life-size tree, and an enormous painting of a little girl clutching a teddy bear.
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