Arrival
Bronze
5.11 x 14.5 x 4.13 inches
2020

Cara-Ann Simpson on Beatrice Magalotti Migration Series:

Beatrice Magalotti’s “Migration” series, inspired by her 2019 Denmark residency and migrant parents, speaks to the complex layers of migration and identity. The works are intimate and connecting, yet many stand isolated as solo units, and are without figurative elements. Instead, they draw attention to the contents and textures depicting layered meanings that almost contradict one another – fragility that is also resilient and robust; or the way that barbed wire that twines itself around precious cargo that is embraced, supported and enveloped by the security of the vessel. The shape of the vessels themselves reflect the idea of a cocoon, a safe space, that protects a life through a metamorphosis, yet could be overturned so easily, losing the precious cargo (and life) within.

— Cara-Ann Simpson, Curator

Provisions
Bronze
3.5 x 7.9 x 6.3 Inches
2021

The hand-sewn sacks and crudely stitched seams are metaphors for fragility, the act of mending clothes and patching together our lives. These pieces are snapshots of people’s belongings and goods. The contents of the sacks are left very much to the viewer’s imagination.