Destroying factories, orange migrants
Print
2012 (made)
2012 (made)
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This print is one of a suite from The Wings of Migrants, a multi-disciplinary collaboration incorporating dance, video, installation, drawings and prints. The project addresses the plight of a marginalised group in contemporary Russia, migrant workers form former Soviet Central Asia. In this scene construction workers in orange high visibility jackets raise a heroic monument to the migrant worker.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Destroying factories, orange migrants (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Monoprint |
| Brief description | ‘Gluklya’ (Natalya Pershina-Yakimanskaya) Destroying factories, orange migrants 2012 Monoprint |
| Physical description | Rectangular image (landscape format) printed in black, orange and blue: a group of figures wearing orange jackets or tabards strike dance-like poses next to a monumental sclupture of a human figure seen in silhouette against an industrial background. |
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| Content description | A group of figures wearing orange jackets or tabards strike dance-like poses next to a monumental sclupture of a human figure seen in silhouette against an industrial background. |
| Production type | Unique |
| Gallery label | These prints are from The Wings of Migrants, a collaborative project incorporating dance, video, installation, drawings and prints. The project addresses the plight of Russia’s marginalised and exploited migrant workers from former Soviet Central Asia. In the scene on the left, construction workers in orange high visibility jackets demolish the factories of the old Soviet military-industrial complex. On the right they raise a heroic monument to the migrant worker.(22/10/2016) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
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| Summary | This print is one of a suite from The Wings of Migrants, a multi-disciplinary collaboration incorporating dance, video, installation, drawings and prints. The project addresses the plight of a marginalised group in contemporary Russia, migrant workers form former Soviet Central Asia. In this scene construction workers in orange high visibility jackets raise a heroic monument to the migrant worker. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.452-2015 |
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| Record created | July 2, 2015 |
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