Gillian Rosselli

Orphaned Shadows

Belonging - Solo Exhibition at Gallery Delta

Description

Orphaned Shadows’, 2015, Mixed Media, 116 x 111cm Belonging’ Solo exhibition at Gallery Delta, Harare — March 2015.

Through Rosselli’s work and research in an orphanage she developed the piece Orphaned Shadows which reflects the close personal connection she developed with many of the children. This work is a sensitve portrayal of the children’s plight and the absence of family. The children are portayed in coffins to capture their confinement in a life that is surrounded by death.