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What Choice do they have?
20 in
x
40 in
x
23 in
(51 cm x 102 cm x 58 cm)
Year
2018
Photo Credit
Cecilia Alejo
Gallery
Exhibition
Price
$1,500.00
Living a privileged life in a peaceful Western country, I don’t have to worry about my family’s safety. The world’s 65 million refugees aren’t so lucky. In the West, most of us have more than we need, but unfortunately we don’t seem to want to share our good fortune.
My suitcase represents the little that refugees are able to take with them when they flee. The machine embroidered words and colored tulle represent the sea they often have to cross and what they have to leave behind: home, land, friends, family, jobs, competence, stability, history, culture, dreams, and identity. What choice do they have?
My suitcase represents the little that refugees are able to take with them when they flee. The machine embroidered words and colored tulle represent the sea they often have to cross and what they have to leave behind: home, land, friends, family, jobs, competence, stability, history, culture, dreams, and identity. What choice do they have?
Materials
Tulle, dissolvable web, molding
Techniques
Machine embroidered, mono printed