Sislej Xhafa, Barka | MAXXI
10 October 2015
Sislej Xhafa, Barka, 2011. Installation view, MADRE, Naples. Courtesy GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana
Sislej Xhafa, Barka, 2011. Installation view, MADRE, Naples. Courtesy GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana
October 10th, 2015 – January 10th, 2016
Museum MAXXI, via Guido Reni 4A, Rome
Barka is a boat made of hundreds of shoes positioned in MAXXI’s hall. The work reflects on migration and on the situations of conflict of the present era. Barka, on an extended loan to MAXXI from Nomas Foundation, Rome, was made by the artist in 2011, a year of migratory emergency in Lampedusa. The work highlights the museum’s interests towards the urgencies of our time, as those of immigration and shelter.