Listing:
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Description
(Materials used for 1-8 are oil on canvas, Mylar
emergency blanket)
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Completion
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 | A Dingy “Only from the heart can you touch the sky” – Rumi Based on photo by: Yannis Behrakis of a ‘Dingy of Syrian refugee drifts in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece after its motor failed’. This dingy was photographed therefore saved, yet there were many that perished, they were never seen. |
AUG
2018
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48×60
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 | Ashore “Logic is doubtless unshakable but it cannot withstand a man who wants to go on living” – Franz Kafka Composite of images: Yannis Behrakis and other news clippings. A pivot of childhood splash into a survival moment.
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SEP
2018
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48×48
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 | Arrival “Can Subaltern Speak?” – Gaytri Spivak Based on photo by: Aris Messini of arrival in Lesbos Greece with blanket. | OCT 2018 |
48×60
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 | Vests and Blankets Composite of images: Aris Messini and other news clippings. Presentation of five portraits, blankets and vests on five plus one canvases. |
NOV
2018
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48×48
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 | A boat-full “We are here because you were there” – Ambalvaner Sivanandan Based on photo by: Messimo Sestini : Rescue from Bergamini ship of Italian Navy 07 June 2014 Mediterranean Sea, Italy. Tiles of smaller canvases pay homage to various art-movements. |
DEC
2018
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60×72
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 | Ghosts Landing “And the migrants kept coming” –The final panel of The Migration Series by Jacob Lawrence Based on photo by: Jean Pierre Ahmet. |
JAN
2019
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60×72
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 | Tormented Sky: Burden of politics of geography – Based on photo by: Aris Messini |
APR
2019
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48×60
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 | Act of Rescue – Raft of Medusa, a visual opera. Based on photo by: Yannis Behrakis | Sep 2019 |
60×72
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| Coming Soon | Border – An installation. NATO razor wire fence ordered online, and found toys. |
Nov
2019
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48×48
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| Credits: Derived from Photographs, with permission, by Jean Pierre Ahmet, Yannis Behrakis, Aris Messini, and Messimo Sestini. |
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Consumption of Refugee Images: An Essay
