This is a partnership between Smith Sculptors and Perth Doctors Medical Aid for Palestine to support the ongoing humanitarian efforts in Gaza through the sale of our sculptures.
We created The Empty Womb of Gaza sculpture in response to the unbearable loss of children in Gaza — through starvation, bombing, and forced displacement. This work speaks to more than individual tragedy; it captures the silenced future of an entire people under siege.
At its heart is the universal grief of motherhood — a grief that transcends borders, religions, and histories. As Irish sculptors, we carry the memory of the Great Hunger and the haunting sound of the keening women — the cries that rose when words failed
This sculpture is based on our maquette for The Irish Famine Memorial in Subiaco WA and extends its legacy across time and geography. It is a bridge between those echoes of The Irish Famine and the cries coming from Gaza today
President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins dedicating the West Australian Irish Famine Memorial Subiaco
View: https://tinyurl.com/IrishFamineMemorialPerth
and extends its legacy across time and geography. It is a bridge between those echoes of famine and the cries coming from Gaza today.
The cries that rose when words fail
The empty womb is the most primal symbol we could offer — a counter-image to weaponised dehumanisation. It rehumanises the tragedy, giving form to absence. And this is not absence by chance — it is absence by planned violence.
The title itself, The Empty Womb of Gaza, carries the weight of grief, erasure, and injustice. We chose it to confront the truth without euphemism — to honour both the reality and the poetry of that truth. It is our way of bearing witness — through art, through bronze, through memory.
At its heart,is the universal grief of motherhood — a grief that transcends borders and religions.
As Irish artists, we also carry the memory of the Great Hunger of 1845 to 1852 in Ireland and the haunting laments of keening women who lost their children, linking past famine to this present crisis.
This bronze sculpture is not a commercial object, but a symbol of grief, resilience and solidarity. Connected to our Irish Famine Memorial in Subiaco, it stands as a bridge between famine and injustice across time and place. Through this, we honour both memory and conscience, while directing all proceeds to support the extraordinary doctors and volunteers working in Gaza under the harshest and most dangerous conditions, bringing urgent medical care and hope, where it is needed most.
The Artwork
- Title of Sculpture: The Empty Womb of GAZA
- Medium: bronze and granite
- Size: Approximately 330mm high
- Finish: Patinated Bronze, mounted on Polished Black Granite base
- Edition: Fundraising Series (non-commercial, not limited for resale or collectability)
Each sculpture will come with:
- an A3 Framed “The Empty Womb of GAZA In support of Medical Aid to Gaza” with the Irish Famine Poem
A3 “The Empty Womb of GAZA In support of Medical Aid to Gaza sold with sculpture
This original bronze sculpture has been gifted in full by the artists for the Art for Aid fundraiser. The sale of this will directly benefit Perth Doctors Medical Aid for Palestine, with 100% of proceeds donated.
Following the event, additional bronzes have been made available to order directly from Smith Sculptors at a price of $5,500 each. Of this, $4,400 from every sale will go directly to Perth Doctors Medical Aid for Palestine, with only essential foundry and fabrication costs retained. By acquiring one of these works, collectors are not only investing in a lasting bronze sculpture but also directly contributing to urgent humanitarian relief.
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