Refugee


Refugee

Artist: Lauren Singer

Title: Refugee

Attribution: Refugee, 2009, Lauren Singer

Year: 2009

Materials: Discarded electrical component, driftwood, paper map collage, wire, hardware mesh, acrylic, marker

Dimensions: 14" x 13" x 3"

Image Statement: The refugee, represented by a naked foot carved of driftwood, is juxtaposed against a sea of jagged wire. Caught in a vise between two hostile worlds, she walks on. His-tory displaces her story.