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Exodus, 2010. Mixed-media installation, 192 × 86 × 122 cm. Donated by the artist to the Museum of London Docklands, UK.
Exhibited 29 November 2024 – 25 May 2025.

Exodus is a mixed-media installation that confronts the realities of migration through a contemporary lens, while also tracing the long histories and challenges of mass population movements across time.
The work evokes a gridlocked cityscape: colourful toy cars, trucks and human figurines jostle with elephants, giraffes and other wildlife towering over the stalled traffic. The entire scene rests on two green, white and red Castrol oil drums, a commentary on the role of multinational business and finance in shaping the modern world.
Now part of the Museum of London Docklands collection, Exodus resonates on many levels — from the global history of trade and migration to the playful visual language that engages children, a major audience for the museum.
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Exodus, 2010, Museum of London Docklands, UK
29 November 2024 – 25 May 2025

There is a word for a suffered departure, a forced trip with no return, and this word is Exodus.

Mixed-media installation Exodus explores migration through the present lens, highlighting the history and challenges of major population movements through time.

The installation echoes a gridlocked cityscape, where colourful toy cars, trucks and human figurines mingle with elephants, giraffes and other wildlife towering over a scene of traffic. It rests on two green, white and red Castrol oil drums that nod to multinational business and finance in the modern world. The work suggests a reflection on today’s discourse around migration.

Exodus is accompanied by a wall of historic maps that present a visual sense of data on international migration, agricultural trade and tourism between 1500 and 2005.