大英博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (大英博物館Instagram)「“ ‘Precarious Passage’ describes the journey we are all making in a fragile boat across the unpredictable ocean of time. It deals with climate change, political upheaval and migration.” – Issam Kourbaj Created at a British Museum talk between the internationally acclaimed artist @issamkourbaj and Museum Director Hartwig Fischer, ‘Precarious Passage’ is a powerful new artwork which, in Fischer’s words, shows how migration ‘traverse[s] the history of humankind’. The work – a copy of the book ‘A History of the World in 100 Objects’ by former British Museum director Neil MacGregor with a hole bored through it, in which sits a small metal boat filled with a cluster of spent matches – is now on display in the Collecting the world gallery, Room 2. Born in Suweida in southwestern Syria in 1963, Kourbaj urges the public not to forget the innumerable people who have been fleeing Syria since the start of the conflict, and his work highlights the plight of millions seeking refuge from war and poverty. This #RefugeeWeek, Director Hartwig Fischer contemplates artist Issam Kourbaj’s ‘Precarious Passage’ in our latest blog – link in bio. 📸 Issam Kourbaj (b. 1963), 'Precarious Passage', 2016/2023, repurposed steel, extinguished matches and resin. Reproduced by permission of the artist. #BritishMuseum #IssamKourbaj」6月24日 0時12分