2019
Statelessness & Citizenship Review
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colours and gold leaf, to keep the culture of his stateless population alive, whilst
also portraying something that any European audience could relate to. 23 The
assortment of colours, with stripes of water motifs symbolising journeys across
oceans and a paper boat, framed with gold, show a journey that is not only marked
by vulnerability but by hope and beauty. As citizens of the world, whether
migrating or stationary, anyone can see their own story in this painting, to show
experience is not marked by a bounded territory we ‘belong’ to, but is universal.
Figure 6: Migration.
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