Šejla Kamerić's Milan Exhibition Confronts War Memory
Šejla Kamerić (Sarajevo, 1976) presents a solo exhibition at Fondazione Pini in Milan, featuring a site-specific photographic series that critiques the romanticized depiction of the last Balkan war in international magazines. The show includes "Sunset," a hypnotic animation of the only image documenting the Warsaw Ghetto in flames during the 1943 uprising, and four stone spheres engraved with geographic coordinates of mass graves in Mexico and Bosnia-Herzegovina, reflected in a 19th-century wall mirror that also captures visitors' silhouettes. The exhibition explores personal and collective memory without victimhood, exposing the veil of silence constructed by the media around certain conflicts.
Key facts
- Šejla Kamerić was born in Sarajevo in 1976 and grew up during the siege.
- The exhibition is held at Fondazione Pini in Milan.
- The photographic series focuses on the representation of the last Balkan war in magazines.
- "Sunset" is an animation of the only image documenting the Warsaw Ghetto in flames in 1943.
- Four stone spheres bear coordinates of mass graves in Mexico and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
- The spheres are reflected in an 19th-century wall mirror.
- The mirror also reflects visitors' silhouettes.
- The exhibition critiques the romantic aesthetic used by international media.
Entities
Artists
- Šejla Kamerić
- Arianna Cavigioli
Institutions
- Fondazione Pini
- Artribune
- NABA
Locations
- Sarajevo
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Milan
- Italy
- Mexico
- Warsaw
- Poland