Zubr – Migration Story
This triptych is by far the most complex display by Sew N Sew currently on display in unoccupied shop windows in the town centre and has proved to be much more difficult to photograph than any of the others. Separately, the artist behind Toron Costumes has replied and told me these works are not hers, though she is as impressed by them as I am. Now that I have seen the work she produces, I suspect she is significantly younger than the people who created these.
This piece is titled Zubr – Migration Story
"Triptic Assemblage of Objects"
2019
“Artefacts from displaced people in World War II that tell the continuing stories of important objects symbolising culture, beliefs, politics, mementos, and the necessities of people on the move that act as an anchor to them”
"A blanket for warmth, A kitbag of a YMC officer, An identification number, Calendar/diary, Letter opener, Easter egg, Souvenir pen from France, Medal from the oldest restaurant in Krakow, Book of love poems, Section of a suitcase, Glasses, Wooden sculpture, Toy soldier and plane, Textbook for learning English, Clothing – a tie, a statement of social standards, Doll in national costume, Christmas card, Religious medals, Wooden chalice, Solidarity badges and matches, Cup for drinking water and scoop for foodstuff, Sunflower seeds from a red cross parcel in a concentration camp, Book about a resistance hero, Slask traditional folk-dance plaque, Zubr lager icon, Crown button."
Zubr is the name of the European Bison – hunted to extinction in the wild in the early 20th century
Zubr is also the name of a lager brewed in Poland since 1768
Zubrowka is a Polish vodka known in English as Bison Grass
Just praying that Palestinians aren't hunted to extinction in the wild in the early 21st century
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