The artist Khalid Albaih at Pen America's and ArtX's fundraising event in New York to support at risk Sudanese artists
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Amid violent political turmoil in Sudan, the Romanian-born Sudanese artist Khalid Albaih has been granted the inaugural Freedom artists residency—an initiative that aims to support artistic freedom around the world. The month-long placement has been organised by the Artists at Risk Connection, a project of the non-profit organisation Pen America, and ArtX, a members club for artists and art professionals in Manhattan.
“This is a very important time for the Sudanese diaspora to stand up for those fighting for freedom and hope back home,” Albaih said in a statement. He added, “Now is the time for the international community to amplify the voices of those fighting for their freedom on the ground.”
The residency programme is open to the public at 409 West 14th Street until 31 July and will feature a pop-up exhibition and live painting of Albaihs first large-scale murals. A fundraising event to support artists at risk in Sudan was held last week (11 July) and raised several thousand dollars, which the organisation is hoping to augment to $10,000 by the end of the month.
Albaihs first major US exhibition will open at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville next week (20 July). The artist has created a site-specific installation dealing with immigration and freedom of migration called Camp / Wall / Flock (2019) that references design proposals for the US-Mexico border, comprising a divided atrium where one side is cluttered with life-sized passports that evoke refugee encampments and the other with inverted passports aimed to resemble birds in flight. The show is on view until 27 October.
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