Water-giver is a watercolor series that gives homage to the lives of refugee women and their children, marked by daily resistance and strength. From different backgrounds, cultures and personal histories, these groups may be forced to leave their countries of origin due to war, persecution on grounds of race, religion, nationality, social group, political opinions or because of serious and widespread violations of human rights. Through the softness and fluidity of watercolors, the series is an immersion in the particular gaze of women who cross the world. They risk their own lives to ensure a better future for their offspring, often occupying places with little or no visibility in a society. Women whose portraits are the painted history of fortitude.
Artist +-
Helena Barbagelata
Helena Barbagelata (b.1991) is an Italian-Israeli fashion model, multidisciplinary artist, writer, activist and researcher. She has received several artistic awards from the Onassis Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Greek Government, Università di Trieste, Universitat de València, Universitat de Barcelona, among others.
Barbagelata's artworks take a personal approach to social, political, cultural and environmental issues. Engaging with with different subjects, she combines different poetic symbols and arranges them into new conceptually layered pieces. Barbagelata enjoys bringing life to the canvas and creating artworks that are personal but also express a sense of interconnectedness and social responsibility. She works back and forth between drawing, painting, printmaking, videoart, sculpting and writing.
Her interdisciplinary practice illuminates unexpected facets of subjects, and generates new approaches and ideas. As an expressionist, she attempts to depict not objective reality, but rather the subjective emotions and responses that subjects and events inspire, in order to explore greater emotional depths and the intricacies of humanity.
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Based on our agreement with the artist, 15% of the pre-VAT price excluding frames will be donated to support the social movement. Donation will be given to support theHebrew Immigrant Aid Society.