Tag: Migration

ART REVIEW

Never The Same River: Migration and Identity in New York

Never The Same River installation view at Ford Foundation Gallery in New York

At the Ford Foundation Gallery, Never The Same River brings six artists together to examine migration, identity, memory, and bodily autonomy through painting, photography, sculpture, and moving image.

ART & DESIGN, ART REVIEW

Hydro-politics and Borders: How Countries Weaponize Water

Film still titled Retiro by Natalia Lassalle-Morillo showing a woman swimming on her back with text overlay reading Women here are raised to be mothers, exploring hydro-politics and borders.

Can a river be a fence? Humid Traces explores hydro-politics and borders, revealing how states use shifting water to control movement and migration.

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Ojuelegba Comes Alive in Emeka Ogboh’s Multisensory Installation

Emeka Ogboh's Ojuelegba Comes Alive-ArtX Lagos

Emeka Ogboh, Ojuelegba 2023. A multisensory installation with art, music, and culture. Emeka Ogboh’s multisensory installation captures the vibrant essence of Ojuelegba […]

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Egyptian Artist Wonders if Migration Leads to Utopia

Image: Oil on Canvas painting by Ahmad Farid titled Escaping the Light 2014, shows migrants escaping the light

Ahmad Farid, Escaping the Light 2014, Oil on Canvas, 80x120cm questions migration and the search for Utopia. Image courtesy of AL Masar […]

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War and Poverty : Famous Spanish Artist Addresses Migration

Image: Migration and poverty: Sculptures of long-forgotten shipwrecks made from bronze and iron by by the renowned Spanish artist and Latin American sculpture Xavier Mascaró on display at Saatchi Gallery, London

Departure 2009-2011 by the renowned Spanish artist and Latin American sculpture Xavier Mascaró addresses the impact of war and poverty on migration. Image: […]