SB15 tour: Al Mureijah Square
Photos and information of artworks at Al Mureijah Square. SB15, 7 February - 11 June 2023. Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi, based on a concept by Okwui Enwezor.
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Exile Is a Hard Job. 1977/2015
Digital print on textile and neon
276 x 335 cm
Estranged Doors. 1983
From ‘Exile Is a Hard Job’, 1983–ongoing
8 black and white photographs with paint and text mounted on aluminium
150 x 150 cm
Encompassing documentary, photography, performance and text, Nil Yalter’s works offer a compelling feminist viewpoint on the socioeconomic conditions that affect migratory populations and female labourers. Her ground-breaking work Exile Is a Hard Job is presented in two iterations, both showing images of Turkish immigrants and exiles in Paris from 1977. In this version, the images are printed on fabric with the title rendered in neon light.
The other iteration, in the form of flyposting, can be found in different urban locations of Sharjah. Estranged Doors (1983) comprises a collection of photographic portraits of migrants encircling Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil’s poem, which reflects on the migrant’s condition of estrangement and entrapment.
(Text at the exhibition. © Sharjah Art Foundation)
Venue: Gallery 2
See also:
Work at the Sharjah Art Museum
© Photos: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
Photos and information of artworks at Al Mureijah Square. SB15, 7 February - 11 June 2023. Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi, based on a concept by Okwui Enwezor.