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WE ARE NOBODY!NOT YOU!REMOVE US!LOSE US!

A series of 13 portraits of black men and women losing their face as a consequence of losing their direction. They are all descendants from ancestors who have been involuntarily re-arranged during the trans Atlantic slave trade.

The portraits are sown on pages of West European history books and placed on traditional fabrics from the African continent and Suriname. In 2010 they were presented as part of the installation Lose your direction.

Note: photo print on fabric various fabrics from former Dutch colonies handkerchiefs

Sizes 150 cm x 200 cm each

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