Syrian Artist Reveals Capacity for Love and Hate

A circle of women from “The Dance” by Matisse celebrate over the remnants of an abandoned street in Homs. By Tammam Azzam.

"Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh lurks behind the tin, steel and concrete remains of a neighborhood in Daraya. By Tammam Azzam.

The ambiguous smile of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” is juxtaposed against the collapsed roofs and twisted frames of Homs, Syria’s third-largest city and one of the centers of the rebellion. By Tammam Azzam.

Francisco Goya’s “Third of May, 1808”, depicts Spanish partisans being shot by French troops of Napoleon in the rubble of Douma. By Tammam Azzam.

Salvador Dali’s “The Sleep” hovers over destroyed shops and homes on the edge of Idlib. By Tammam Azzam.

Paul Gauguin’s "Tahitian Woman on a Beach" is seen against the backdrop of tents in Zaatari, a camp for Syrian war refugees near Mafraq, Jordan. By Tammam Azzam.

An army of Andy Warhol’s “Elvis Presleys” stand defiantly over the rubble of a building in Homs. By Tammam Azzam.

Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss” looms over the pock-marked interior of a bombed building in Douma. By Tammam Azzam.