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A茂da Muluneh: This is Where I Am
On March 1, 2023, Public Art Fund will debut This is where I am, an exhibition of twelve new photographs by A茂da Muluneh on over 330 JCDecaux bus shelters across New York, Boston, and Chicago in the United States, and Abidjan in C么te d鈥橧voire. The exhibition will mark the first time that Public Art Fund presents artwork on the African continent, simultaneously expanding the organization鈥檚 partnership with JCDecaux beyond the United States. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Muluneh鈥檚 practice focuses on her cultural heritage as a way to explore themes of history, politics, sense of place, and other pressing issues such as the climate crisis. For this new series, Muluneh drew inspiration from Ethiopian poet Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin鈥檚 鈥淭his is where I am鈥�. Written in 1974鈥搕he year that marked both Muluneh鈥檚 birth and the start of the Ethiopian Revolution鈥搕he poem and the resulting body of photographs are markedly personal. The series bridges past and present, as Muluneh examines her experiences as an immigrant and Ethiopian woman, reflects upon the various political regimes she has lived through, and borrows visual language from religious iconography. A茂da Muluneh: This is where I am broadens Public Art Fund and JCDecaux鈥檚 partnership, and is the artist鈥檚 first public art exhibition in C么te d鈥橧voire.
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On March 1, 2023, Public Art Fund will debut This is where I am, an exhibition of twelve new photographs by A茂da Muluneh on over 330 JCDecaux bus shelters across New York, Boston, and Chicago in the United States, and Abidjan in C么te d鈥橧voire. The exhibition will mark the first time that Public Art Fund presents artwork on the African continent, simultaneously expanding the organization鈥檚 partnership with JCDecaux beyond the United States. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Muluneh鈥檚 practice focuses on her cultural heritage as a way to explore themes of history, politics, sense of place, and other pressing issues such as the climate crisis. For this new series, Muluneh drew inspiration from Ethiopian poet Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin鈥檚 鈥淭his is where I am鈥�. Written in 1974鈥搕he year that marked both Muluneh鈥檚 birth and the start of the Ethiopian Revolution鈥搕he poem and the resulting body of photographs are markedly personal. The series bridges past and present, as Muluneh examines her experiences as an immigrant and Ethiopian woman, reflects upon the various political regimes she has lived through, and borrows visual language from religious iconography. A茂da Muluneh: This is where I am broadens Public Art Fund and JCDecaux鈥檚 partnership, and is the artist鈥檚 first public art exhibition in C么te d鈥橧voire.
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