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"Holding Light" exhibition - in conversation with Gina Debinski

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Artist Gina Debinski next her artwork "Community Unity". Photo credit: Loretta Godfrey

Gina Debinski has long held a special connection to Bondi, travelling there several times a year to paint its beach life and scenery. After the terror attack, Gina watched on television as Bondi’s surfing community formed a huge memorial circle in the water - a moment that made her pick up her paints and recreate the scene on canvas. She spoke to SBS Hebrew about returning to Bondi after months of avoiding it.


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By Dekel Nevo Eizenberg

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Gina Debinski has long held a special connection to Bondi, travelling there several times a year to paint its beach life and scenery. After the terror attack, Gina watched on television as Bondi’s surfing community formed a huge memorial circle in the water - a moment that made her pick up her paints and recreate the scene on canvas. She spoke to SBS Hebrew about returning to Bondi after months of avoiding it.


Gina is one of the 29 artists who are taking part in the "Holding Light" exhibition at Sydney’s Bondi Pavilion.

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Holding light - creative response to the terror attack at Bondi - Pavillion Gallery. Photo credit: Silversalt Photography

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