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Šejla Kamerić
Refugees Welcome, 2020

Neon, metal
53 x 100 x 6 cm
Unique Piece

Šejla Kamerić’s neon wall piece, REFUGEES WELCOME features a series of beaming red letters that do not read “Refugees Welcome”, but rather “Refugees WILLcome”. Upon closer … Read More

Šejla Kamerić’s neon wall piece, REFUGEES WELCOME features a series of beaming red letters that do not read “Refugees Welcome”, but rather “Refugees WILLcome”. Upon closer look at the LED-sign, the viewer can observe the letters that spell “ill” to perpetually flicker. The work puts viewers in a position to reconsider the issue of migration from a radically humanising lens. As the artist remarked in 2022, “The society, in which we have to discuss whether someone in need (refugees/migrants) should be welcome or not, is ill…Therefore, the letters, which are not working, they blink.” (Kunsthaus Dresden, 2023). This powerful visualisation that Kameric works to convey, posits a sense of fragility and uncertainty in the context of the migration crisis of the 21st Century, further problematising our responses to these events.

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Šejla Kamerić - REFUGEES WELCOME, 2020
Šejla Kamerić - REFUGEES WELCOME, 2020
Installation view
at Galerie Tanja Wagner, 2020
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