Nothing to Declare (Grandfather's Cabinets of Curiosity) - Image 1

Nothing to Declare (Grandfather's Cabinets of Curiosity)

Year:
2025
Medium:
Pastel drawing, A4, metal clippers

The puffer fish is my family relic. My grandfather dried the fish in the early 80s in Yemen, where he was on a work exchange for two years.

The fish is inviting a conversation about borders, geopolitics and fragility, time and personal memory.

Location
London, Barbican Trust 'It Fit on the Way Here' exhibition. April 2025