Refugio Dadaab
Mixed Media on Archival Clay Board in a Black Metal Floater Frame.
This painting is part of my Ecological Landscape series.
Dadaab, in northern Kenya near Somalia’s border, is believed to be the world’s largest refugee camp; more like a city than camp; and probably more of a prison than a city. The United Nations claims 350,000 people live in the three portions of the camp; probably a lot more. The camp, first established in 1991 as emergency shelter from Somalia’s civil war, will have been in existence for 30 years at this point. Is this the future for refugees? We do seem to be putting more and more people in cages...
This painting is part of my Ecological Landscape series.
Dadaab, in northern Kenya near Somalia’s border, is believed to be the world’s largest refugee camp; more like a city than camp; and probably more of a prison than a city. The United Nations claims 350,000 people live in the three portions of the camp; probably a lot more. The camp, first established in 1991 as emergency shelter from Somalia’s civil war, will have been in existence for 30 years at this point. Is this the future for refugees? We do seem to be putting more and more people in cages...