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Contemporary art exploring confrontational crossings, overcoming barriers & freedom of movement.
Curated by Diana Ali at Art Center Caravel, ARTE.M Association, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal 2024 & Arthall, Victoria, Gozo, Malta 2025
Concept:
We are facing many barriers globally where our identities are being bruised, rejected, and turned away. This leaves a tension for bodies, thoughts, and circumstances to be accepted and co-exist. Artists have been invited to contest and question what it means to face barriers. Often our artworks have been declined from being shown and exhibited. This exhibition gives an opportunity for the art to migrate. There may not be a utopia, but there are ways of overcoming barriers.
Imagine the artwork being personified. What would it say if it had freedom of movement, no immigration law, finding asylum and a sense of belonging without being displaced?
A fantastic array of international artists come together in one space to question, confront and seek sanctuary through their artwork.
Exhibition information/Flyer:
Documentation
UPDATE 2025
In 2024, a majority of the work was detained by the Portuguese customs on the way to be exhibited in Madeira. The artwork did not have a freedom to roam. In 2025, the art hopes to confront crossings and overcome barriers by having the opportunity to be exhibited at Arthall, Malta.
Featured artists (click):
Featured artists (click):
Aidan Frere-Smith1
Alan Gignoux1
Azusa Chareteau1
Blond Jenny (Sungyun Park)1
Cameron Lings1
Clare Charnley1
Daniele Marzeddu1
Daxa Parmar1
Diana Ali1
Dianne Murphy1
Digital Dialogues1
Doreen Maloney #11
Doreen Maloney #21
Douglas McCulloh1
Dr. Beck Howson1
Grant Lambie1
Ibrahim Ayinla Law1
Inguna Gremzde1
Jack So1
Jake Francis1
James Mellor1
Jane Walker1
Jang Sung-Suk1
Johannes Christopher Gérard1
Jonathan Lamb1
Julia Keenan1
Klaus Pinter1
Lakruwan Rajapaksha1
Lane Shipsey1
Lavinia Munteanu1
Luciana Rosado1
Maria Cavali1
Miguel Jeronimo1
Ruth Eckland1
Saadeh-Byreet George1
Sam Treadaway1
Sarah linda Cassels1
Scott Gibson1
Sofia Bruni1
Stephen Hilyard1
Susie Wright1
Svetlana Kotina1
Tajinder Dhami1
Tessa Teixeira1
Tom Hackett1
Tom Shennan1
Yang Jiang1
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