Kings College London's Artist in Residence for 2019, Sara Shamma is one of Syria's most acclaimed artists. Working with the university's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience and the Helen Bamber Foundation, the London-based artist will develop a new visual vocabulary of modern slavery, culminating in an exhibition curated by Kathleen Soriano. The project has been inspired by Shamma's first-hand experience in learning about women who have been kidnapped by ISIS in Syria and Iraq, displayed and sold in real slave markets. With consent, Sara will interview women survivors of modern slavery, which will then inform Shamma's creation of large-scale paintings that will form this unusual exhibition.
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