Joanna Ciechnowska

Migration. Imigration. E-Migration. Will I make it? New frontiers, boundaries of the mind, crossing countries, continents, oceans.

Pushing the borders of freedom. Thoughts of the past, hopes for the future. Colours, shapes, new friends, new life. But I can’t see colours… I can only hear them. I can’t see shapes… I can only touch them. I don’t have friends. Yet. New life? Time will tell.

Sweeping away prejudice, a reluctance to conform. Fighting the enemy, fighting one’s own kind. A refusal to give up. Hope. Barriers to freedom, barriers of the mind. Time stops, time moves on. Is this forever? A never-ending journey.

Displaced by the war. Those who connect with the past but cross their own borders. Those who create their own wars. Why do we fight? Who wants to survive, who wants to win? Restrictions. Survival: music, colours, shapes, colours, black, white. Blue rain. Will I make it? E-Migration. Will I make it? The first Edition of 50 with one, green zebra, was sold out in Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2012. The second Edition 50, has still few works available. This work is in Robert Hiscox collection, prof. Tim Spector, writer Catriona Wilson and many other collectors.

The ‘E-Migration’ series of graphics was conceived after living in Africa. It also touches on my love of Phillip Glass music and makes me think of my son, a musician, who is colour blind and cannot see my red zebra.