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Rogelio López Cuenca, ES
L’âme du voyage, Rogelio Lopez Cuenca. Photo © Manifesta 1 Rotterdam.
Posters at the Maritime Museum Rotterdam
The Spanish artist Rogelio López Cuenca manipulated the format of traditional tourism advertisements to depict “boat people,” refugees fleeing by boat, creating a critical statement about the unequal impact of globalization and the “biennialisation” of contemporary art. These posters were exhibited in an iconic place dealing with maritime history, Rotterdam’s Maritime Museum.