European borders / African misery

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EUROPEAN BORDERS, AFRICAN MISERY

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A theme about North African revolution and European borders. With a process of pictogram as simple visual arts elements, Ziad Zitoun create aesthetic of contemporary realities of African deportation due of a hard European migrant politic. Thematics of inspiration revolves around rights of migrants, trans-borders movements & refugee Asylum. Ziad Zitoun gives thoughts on the South-North relations and be testimonies of persons who live without dignity, without fundamental rights (health, work, education). The author studies related social problems and it transcribe it in contemporary art domain for create aesthetic of migration.

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EUROPEAN BORDERS,

AFRICAN MISERY

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shORt SUMMARY

A theme about North African revolution and European borders. With a process of pictogram as simple visual arts elements, Ziad Zitoun create aesthetic of contem-porary realities of African deportation due of a hard European migrant politic.

Thematics of inspiration revolves around rights of migrants, trans-borders movements & refugee Asylum. Ziad Zitoun gives thoughts on the South-North rela-tions and be testimonies of persons who live without dignity, without fundamental rights (health, work, education). The author studies related social pro-blems and it transcribe it in contemporary art domain for create aesthetic of migration.

“European borders / African misery”, screen printing, 2011, 30 x 40 cm

RESUMEN

Una serie de obras sobre la revolución en nor-te de África y las fronteras europeas. Con el uso del pictograma como simples elementos en artes vi-suales, Ziad Zitoun crear aestética de las reali-dades contemporáneas de la deportación de africa-nos por una dura política de inmigración europeos.

Las temáticas de inspiración del autor giran en torno a los derechos de los migrantes, de los movimientos trans-fronteras y del estatuto de refugiados. Ziad Zitoun trata de las relaciones Sur-Norte y quiere ser testimonio de estás personas que viven sin dignidad, sin derechos fundamentales (salud, trabajo, educa-ción). El artista estudia estos movimientos sociales y lo transcribe en el dominio del arte contemporá-neo para crear una nueva aestética de la migración.

“de las fronteras europeas / la miseria de África”, serigrafía, 2011, 30 x 40 cm

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