TIAB VIEWING ROOM: daàPò réo

 

daàPò réo, Why Should We Be Deported? This is Very, Very Hard for a Family. 2020. Metal, barbed wire, fabric. 84 x 72 x 12 inches

Curator’s Text:

Nigerian-born artist daàPò réo boldly tackles the concepts of borders, walls, and restrictions of global migration through a participatory installation in which a hand crafted flag and barbed wire structure welcomes the viewer into the exhibition as an imagined “country.”