ARTWORK inspired by local ‘Shoddy’ textiles is on display in Batley.
A new exhibition, running at Batley Art Gallery until September 3, offers visitors a chance to explore issues of identity and memory relating to the mass migration which took place at the end of World War Two.
Artist Eva Mileusnic has created four large-scale images which she has called A Human Landscape.
These are showing in the gallery alongside a collection of audio recordings of personal stories of migration.
Visitors will be able to add to the exhibition their own stories and recollections of personal journeys during an open day on Saturday, August 20.
As a second generation Hungarian/British citizen, who was born in Dewsbury, Eva’s art often reflects her personal and family experiences relating to migration.
A Human Landscape is based on four photographs taken in Europe during WW2.
Š The photographs provide a historical record of the journey of a group of women and children, almost the entire population of one village, taken from their homes and marched off into the hills never to return.
The original photographs have been digitally altered to create four distorted abstract images painted onto canvases made from ‘shoddy’ felt. ‘Shoddy’ is a material created from waste fabrics and recycled fibres sourced from around the world and processed in West Yorkshire area, local to Eva’s home.
Alongside A Human Landscape, Eva will be introducing a new piece of work – Once upon a time: a collection of audio memory recordings of migrants’ personal stories.ŠŠ
