“The Exile” – New Mural by Fintan Magee Inspired by Syrian Children Confined to Refugee Camps in Jordan

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Der australische Street Artist Fintan Magee wird in diesem Jahr tatsächlich nicht müde, uns ein dopes Mural nach dem anderen zu bescheren. Der gute Mann ist unter anderem bekannt für großartige Murals, welche in der Regel mit gesellschaftskritischen oder politischen Aussagen daherkommen. Die imposanten Arbeiten des Künstlers aus Queensland lassen sich mittlerweile auf der ganzen Welt bestaunen. Unter anderem in Indonesien, Hongkong, Kolumbien, USA, Tunesien, Schottland, England, Irland, Russland, der Ukraine, Mexiko, Belgien und Deutschland hinterließ Fintan Magee seine beeindruckenden Murals bereits (hier mehrfach gefeatured). Aktuell weilte der gute Mr.Magee in Amman, der Hauptstadt des Haschimitischen Königreiches Jordanien, wo er soeben sein neustes Werk mit dem Titel “the Exile” fertigstellte. Einige Impressionen des Murals + einige Worte von Fintan Magee dazu, findet Ihr direkt hier unten:

Jordan has absorbed more refugees than almost any other county. With almost 3 Million from Palestine, 1.4 Million from Syria and 200,000 from Iraq over half the country’s population is from a refugee background. The first wave of refugees in the country were Palestinian who fled their homeland during the creation of Israel in 1948. Most of the Palestinian’s in Jordan are now permanently settled and are allowed access to public services and healthcare, as a result, the areas that were once refugee camps have been transformed into urbanized neighbourhoods surrounding the nations cities. This wall, painted in one for these Predominately Palestinian neighbourhoods is a portrait of a young girl who escaped Syria with her three brothers. The brothers and sisters are currently in the ‘un-accompanied minors’ section of a refugee camp, a small orphanage for children that arrived with no parents or other family. This girl was the most outgoing of all the girls there, leaving the private girls-only section everyday to play football, socialize and speak to her brothers. I was surprised by how many people I met in the camp had rejected resettlement in other countries as they felt that if they left the camp their homeland would be lost for them, choosing instead to wait out the war in the hope that they could return to their homes. Almost everyone I met dreamed of returning to Syria over anything else. The portrait shows the young girl in limbo, torn between two worlds. Her image in the foreground is looking outwards towards an uncertain future, her background reflection is looking back, towards the world she left behind. – Fintan Magee

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