Breaking the Barriers to Freedom
All the research Yvette undertook for this exhibition was based on circumstances and the politics at the time.
Literal barriers to freedom – the 'peace walls' in Belfast; the mine field 'wall' in the Western Sahara; the Mexico/USA border barrier and of course the Israeli Apartheid Wall - are merely physical reflections of deeper economic, political, ecological and psychological hurdles to peace and security... Yvette believes speaking out is a first step to changing the seemingly impossible...
Her work has always been in the creative arena. "For several years I was an actress conveying meaning through the words of others; as a filmmaker for 20 years I gave voice to those whose needs and struggles were rarely articulated and reached millions of viewers in the process". Since 2004 as an artist Yvette endeavoured to give expression to the unseen, the marginalized; to convey the depths of their privation and yet their defiance against injustice and exploitation.
A MILLION VOICES CRYING
FACES STARK AND GAUNT THEY WAGE THEIR WAR ON TERROR BUT NOT THE WAR ON WANT |
LOST IN TIME - SOLD
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I FOUGHT AN AGE OLD TYRANNY
AND LIBERATION CAME THEY QUASHED OUR NEW DEMOCRACY OPPRESSION IS ITS NAME - SOLD |
PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE
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PRISON BARS
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BLOOD RED ROSES - SOLD
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INSIDE OUT - SOLD
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FREE FROM COLD AND HUNGER MARCHES LONG AGO
I FEEL A RICH CONTENTMENT MY HEART DOTH OVERFLOW - SOLD |
FREE LOVE
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BLUE-SKY THINKING - SOLD
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HANDCUFFS
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SHACKLES
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GAZAN - SOLD
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I STRUGGLED OUT OF CHILDHOOD
TO BREAK ABUSIVE TIES NOW I AM A WOMAN AND WILL TOLERATE NO LIES |
NO PLACE TO HIDE - SOLD
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CAMBODIAN GIRL - SOLD
Rescued from a rubbish dump in Phnom Penh by Cambodian Children’s Fund. Since 2005, CCF has been educating children- currently 2000 - and employs local Khmer in their schools and centres. See all the news and projects at www.cambodianchildrensfund.org |
I WATCHED THE ORANGE AGENT
BURNING HUMAN SKIN I WATCH WESTERM HYPOCRISY WHEN NAPAL RAINS AGAIN - SOLD |
AIR IS PURE FOREST PROUD
I TREASURE ALL I SEE SCREECHING METAL FELLS THE GIANTS THEY STEAL THE SOUL FROM ME |
APARTHEID WALL DIVIDES
OLIVE GROVES DESTROYED WILL THEY BREAK MY SPIRIT? I DEFY THEIR GENOCIDE |
FLEEING EXPLOITATION
DRONING BIRDS ABOVE WAR LORDS' PERSECUTION I YEARN FOR PEACE AND LOVE |
THE DRIVE OF GREED FOR PROFIT
RAVAGES MY LAND I HOLD THE BIRD IN SAFETY THEN RELEASE IT FROM MY HAND - SOLD |
SEE THE LIGHT ACROSS THE THAR
AS TIGERS STALK THE LAND FORTS SHIMMER IN THE VASTNESS WIND HOWLS ACROSS THE SAND |
I GAZE ON BURNING OIL
SPILLS OF TOXIC TAR WE'LL STOP THE RAPE AND PLUNDER MY VOICE WILL ECHO FAR |
CONFLAGRATION
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