Aylan and Others, Zehra Çobanlı

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Zehra Çobanlı, artist
born 1958
Aylan and Others, 2015
Where object was made: Turkey (present-day Türkiye)
Material/technique: underglaze; earthenware; slip casting
Credit line: Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2016.0140.a-y
On display: Loo Gallery
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Displacement

Aylan and Others responds to a photograph of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian refugee whose drowned body was found on the shores of the Aegean Sea in 2015. The variety of glazed ceramic shoes speaks to a desire for harmony among different social classes, while the title recalls the location where Kurdi’s body washed ashore. The shoes also evoke the presence of many displaced peoples worldwide, particularly children, caught in the conflict of war.

Displacement

Aylan and Others responds to a photograph of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian refugee whose drowned body was found on the shores of the Aegean Sea in 2015. The variety of glazed ceramic shoes speaks to a desire for harmony among different social classes, while the title recalls the location where Kurdi’s body washed ashore. The shoes also evoke the presence of many displaced peoples worldwide, particularly children, caught in the conflict of war.

Exhibitions

Displacement
2022–2027
Brosseau Center for Learning: Refugees
2021
Displacement
2022–2027