Wed 29 Jun
|Exeter
I WELCOME Exhibition
To commemorate Refugee Week, Maketank partnered with Amnesty International Exeter to host an extended version of “I Welcome”, Amnesty International UK and Magnum Photos’ exhibition This installment includes the refugee crisis in Ukraine, photographed by brave artists Constantin and Vlada Liberova.
Time & Location
29 Jun 2022, 10:00 – 16:00
Exeter, 5 Paris St, Exeter EX1 2JB, UK
About the event
Exhibition of powerful photographs of past and present refugee crises will be at Maketank in Exeter between Monday 20 June – Saturday 02 July, 2022. Opening Night Monday 20 June 5-8pm. Running Tuesday-Saturday 10:00-16:00. Closing event Saturday 3-5pm.
Vietnam, Chechnya, Bosnia, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine all feature in the exhibition as part of Amnesty’s I Welcome campaign.
Taking place Monday 20 June – Saturday 02 July, which includes Refugee Week, the exhibition will explore the experiences of those uprooted by conflict and persecution since the Second World War. From 1940s Greece to Syria n 2017, the 30 striking pictures from Magnum photographers show the reasons why people are forced to flee, the challenges they face on their journeys to safety and what happens when they make it. Since 2017, the refugee crisis has intensified as millions more have had to leave their homes in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar,…