Discarded clothing, life jacket materials, Solar fast, Inkodye, tape, 2.8m x 1.6m. A collection of the eyes of refugee women and children printed on clothing discarded by refugees on Lesvos. These fabrics were collected, washed, and donated by Dirty Girls of Lesvos.
Photo-sensitive dye on discarded bedsheets quilted to emergency blankets from Lesvos, Greece, 21' x 21' x 2''. A model for a larger work documenting the eyes of the thousands of volunteers, aid workers, and benevolent witnesses to the refugee crisis in Europe. Simultaneously exhibiting the altruistic feats of humanity and standing in as a memorial for the thousands who died in crossing the Mediterranean.
A refugee boy clutching one painting of the 99 that comprise 'Khamsa, Sadaqa Jaariyah (Endless Charity): The Refugee Crisis Portrait Project', life jacket material, emergency blanket, paint, ink, and glue, 2016.
Pictured (from left) are 'Shirt Off Your Back', 'A Bed To Lie In', and 'Untitled I'. Most of the materials used for the exhibition are from the detritus of the Refugee Crisis and Athens: life jacket material, emergency blanket, discarded clothing, cardboard, and gates from the gallery.
Pictured (from left) 'Khamsa, Sadaqa Jaariyah (Endless Charity): The Refugee Crisis Portrait Project', 'Untitled III' and 'Shirt Off Your Back'. Most of the materials used for the exhibition are from the detritus of the Refugee Crisis and Athens: life jacket material, emergency blanket, discarded clothing, cardboard, and gates from the gallery.
Pictured (from left) 'Khamsa, Sadaqa Jaariyah (Endless Charity): The Refugee Crisis Portrait Project', 'Untitled III', 'Shirt Off Your Back', 'Untitled II', and 'Untited III'. Most of the materials used for the exhibition are from the detritus of the Refugee Crisis and Athens: life jacket material, emergency blanket, discarded clothing, cardboard, and gates from the gallery.
Pictured (from left) 'A Bed To Lie In', life jacket swatches, emergency blankets, digital negatives, cardboard, and tape, 30m x 30m, 'Build A Wall', two of five stretched emergency blankets embossed with marker, and a painting by IFAC gallery owner Lee Wells.
One of five stretched emergency blankets and marker, embossed with the following prayer "In the name of GOD, the most powerful and merciful. Make a wall between us and them, to protect us, so that they cannot see us." This was one of the 33 prayers collected from refugee men, this was translated onto the five surfaces in English, Greek, Urdu, Farsi, and Arabic. A small painting by IFAC Athina gallerist, Lee Wells, hangs in the installation.
Five stretched emergency blankets and marker, embossed with the following prayer "In the name of GOD, the most powerful and merciful. Make a wall between us and them, to protect us, so that they cannot see us." This was one of the 33 prayers collected from refugee men, this was translated onto the five surfaces in English, Greek, Urdu, Farsi, and Arabic.
Five stretched emergency blankets and marker, embossed with the following prayer "In the name of GOD, the most powerful and merciful. Make a wall between us and them, to protect us, so that they cannot see us." This was one of the 33 prayers collected from refugee men, this was translated onto the five surfaces in English, Greek, Urdu, Farsi, and Arabic.
Five stretched emergency blankets and marker, embossed with the following prayer "In the name of GOD, the most powerful and merciful. Make a wall between us and them, to protect us, so that they cannot see us." This was one of the 33 prayers collected from refugee men, this was translated onto the five surfaces in English, Greek, Urdu, Farsi, and Arabic.
A collection of 99 pieces of life jacket and emergency blanket material from the Greek island of Lesvos, painted with hamsas comprised from hand tracings and eye renderings of 66 refugee women and children, along with prayers and protests from 33 refugee men.
A collection of 99 pieces of life jacket and emergency blanket material from the Greek island of Lesvos, painted with hamsas comprised from hand tracings and eye renderings of 66 refugee women and children, along with prayers and protests from 33 refugee men.
A collection of 99 pieces of life jacket and emergency blanket material from the Greek island of Lesvos, painted with hamsas comprised from hand tracings and eye renderings of 66 refugee women and children, along with prayers and protests from 33 refugee men.
A collection of 99 pieces of life jacket and emergency blanket material from the Greek island of Lesvos, painted with hamsas comprised from hand tracings and eye renderings of 66 refugee women and children, along with prayers and protests from 33 refugee men.
Pictured (from left) 'Shirt Off Your Back', 'Untitled II', and 'Untitled I'. Most of the materials used for the exhibition are from the detritus of the Refugee Crisis and Athens: life jacket material, emergency blanket, discarded clothing, cardboard, and gates from the gallery.
Pictured (from left) are 'Untiled II' and 'Untitled I', 2m x 3.5m, the gallery gates, cardboard and foamcore from the streets, emergency blankets, LEDS, marker and spray paint. These images are based on still photographs taken of a scrambled television screen in Qatar.
'Untitled I', 2m x 3.5m, the gallery's gate, cardboard and foamcore from the streets, emergency blankets, LEDs, marker, and spray paint. This image is based on a still photograph taken of a scrambled television screen in Qatar.
'Untitled III', a gate from the gallery, cardboard and foamcore from the streets, emergency blanket, LEDs, digital negatives on acetate, tape, and spray paint, 1.8m x 54cm.
Detail of 'Untitled III', a gate from the gallery, cardboard and foamcore from the streets, emergency blanket, LEDs, digital negatives on acetate, tape, and spray paint, 1.8m x 54cm.
Pictured (from left) 'Untitled III' and 'Shirt Off Your Back', most of the materials used for the exhibition are from the detritus of the Refugee Crisis and Athens: life jacket material, emergency blanket, discarded clothing, cardboard, and gates from the gallery.
Discarded clothing, life jacket materials, Solar fast, Inkodye, tape, 2.8m x 1.6m. A collection of the eyes of refugee women and children printed on clothing discarded by refugees on Lesvos. These fabrics were collected, washed, and donated by Dirty Girls of Lesvos. Created from 77 photographs of eyes, which is representative of numerology associated with Jesus Christ and the most widely recognized number of branches in Islam, are the final component to this project. They represent the estimated 6,000 lives lost in the Aegean Sea.
A refugee girl clutching one painting of the 99 that comprise 'Khamsa, Sadaqa Jaariyah (Endless Charity): The Refugee Crisis Portrait Project'; life jacket material, emergency blanket, paint, ink, and glue, 2016.
This painting is one of 99 that comprise 'Khamsa, Sadaqa Jaariyah (Endless Charity): The Refugee Crisis Portrait Project', made from life jacket material, emergency blanket, paint, and ink.
Children working on 'Khamsa' at Metadrasi's Unaccompanied Minor Refugee Shelter, in Lesvos, Greece.
Children working on 'Khamsa' at Metadrasi's Unaccompanied Minor Refugee Shelter, in Lesvos, Greece.
Passing out the 'Khamsas' to a Taiwanese classroom, who agreed to pose for a photograph in solidarity with the refugees.
