Aren't We All Potential Refugees

5th May 2012

Corina Karstenberg Vernissage

Aren’t We All Potential Refugees Carmen Lobo: Curator

Cobra Cafe - Gallery 1 Rue des Chartreux Brussels

5th May

Europe Day Liberation Day (Netherlands)

War You use a word without understanding it’s meaning War War is responsible for terrible things War is not about ideas A corpse lying in a field, is real Really A dead person …… lying on his back The legs folded beneath him, arms outstretched And he is alone His skin was wax-white That is not a color War has no colors Only the color of dirt Blood is not red as in pictures It is red brown and dirty Really Have you ever seen a wound ?

The human body is open where it should not be open

It’s obscene Before they die, some of the wounded, they cry, vomit and let everything run A dead body stinks !

The stinking bodies lying there after the attack This is not how things should be It is not normal that a man lies there like that Not normal Like a spot in the field You would think it is the manure left there by the farmer When you get closer … you see that it is a human form That is not natural His mouth is full of ground and dirt You should put some ground in your mouth To understand what War really means

A dialogue from the movie: “Saint-Germain ou la négociation”

Who Are You ? Her Name is Corina Corina is a Dutch painter, a woman

engaged with the human rights.

All her work speaks about people who suffer oppression and injustice Her work is not an answer but it is a question about life; our life & the others.

The visuals are beautiful, symbolic (culturally and emotionally), expressive, surealist and sometimes abstract.

You will not remain insensitive...

After looking into her mirror she holds in front of you.

Aren't We All Potential Refugees Exhibition Corina Karstenberg

Finissage 5th June 2012 Brussels