40)Īs in the best of his works at Kuerner's, Heavy Snow conveys a narrative, capturing not only the distinct landscape of the farm but also the spirit of its unseen inhabitants. It just excited me, purely abstractly and purely emotionally." (as quoted in Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth: Kuerners and Olsons, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1976, p. I didn't think it was a picturesque place. The abstract, almost military quality of that farm originally appealed to me and still does.To see the hills capped with snow in the wintertime or to look at the tawniness of the fields in the fall all made me want to paint it. Actually I'm not terribly interested in farming.
Then, all of a sudden, I'll have a strong compulsion to go back." Explaining his fascination with the area throughout the seasons, Wyeth continued, "I didn't go to that farm because it was in any way bucolic. "When I was about ten years old, I had an urge to paint it, curiously enough it never became a conscious effort or something about which I said to myself, 'I must continue this work.' I've gone on for years and not painted there. "Some of my earliest watercolors were done there," Wyeth fondly recalled of Kuerner's. One of Andrew Wyeth's most frequent subjects throughout his lengthy career was a neighboring farm belonging to the Kuerner family in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. “There has been a 100-fold increase in interest in this after the simple gesture Pogba made,” IOM online communications chief Itayi Viriri told Goal.This work will be included in Betsy James Wyeth's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work. May Allah be by your side and may this cruelty come to an end,” Pogba posted on Instagram. “While very happy to be back, my prayers go to those suffering slavery in Libya. The issue has received international attention, partly due to the influence of star football player Paul Pogba on Instagram. The auctions are reminiscent of one of the darkest chapters in human history, when millions of Africans were uprooted, enslaved, trafficked and auctioned to the highest bidder.” “It is now clear that slavery is an outrageous reality in Libya. In a statement, the United Nations has called for “urgent action to end trade in enslaved people.”
“I go back and start back from square one. He was then held by Libyan authorities, prior to his relocation back to Nigeria. Having been sold into slavery in Libya, he was released after his family paid ransom. Migrants who become slaves and are rescued are generally forced to return home empty-handed.ĬNN told the story of a man named Victory, who left Nigeria for Libya, intending to travel to Europe for a better life. According to the UN, there are approximately 700,000 migrants in Libya. Those stranded in Libya are forced into slavery by people smugglers. The European Union’s decision to tighten its borders has also contributed to a backlog of migrants and refugees in Libya. Some migrants who couldn’t pay were reportedly killed, or left to starve to death.”Ī crackdown on people smuggling by the Libyan coast guard has led to an oversupply of refugee passengers expecting to be smuggled, by boat, into Europe. “He described dreadful sanitary conditions, and food offered only once per day. In a statement, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) recently recounted the story of an unnamed Senegalese migrant sold into slavery.Īccording to the IOM, the migrant “described being ‘bought’ and then being brought to his first ‘prison,’ a private home where more than 100 migrants were held as hostages.” However, “there are believed to be many more.” “Within minutes it is all over and the men, utterly resigned to their fate, are being handed over to their new ‘masters,’” CNN reported.ĬNN was informed of the location of nine auctions. “Does anybody need a digger? This is a digger, a big strong man, he’ll dig,” one salesman said. Twelve Nigerian men were sold at the auction. Referred to as “merchandise,” the men being sold into slavery were migrants and refugees. There, they secretly filmed an auction outside the Libyan capital of Tripoli. 400? 700? 800?”ĬNN traveled to Libya to verify the authenticity of the footage. The footage shows an auctioneer standing in front of a group of young men, shouting: “Big strong boys for farm work. Footage released by CNN shows men being sold at an auction in Libya.
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