Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

Adel Abdessemed (Constantine, 1971 - )

Hope (2011 - 2012)

Boat, resin, 205.7 x 579.1 x 243.8 cm

"A wreck recovered on the coast of Florida was filled with rubbish bags of resin. Abdessemed titled this work Hope in allusion to a shipwreck painted by Caspar David Friedrich, Die Gescheiterte Hoffnung (The Wreck of Hope, 1823-24), whose title expresses the idea of disappointed hope. The tragedies that often terminate the voyages of desperate migrants in various parts of the world have now become a daily event".
Extract from Adel Abdessemed "Works, 1988-2015", Koenig Books Ed.

Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

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