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Joyce Overheul (1989) makes works of art from textiles, often based on photography. She works with traditional techniques that have been dismissed as typical women’s hobbies for a long time. She combines this with politically charged topics such as women’s rights, emancipation and feminism, so that a sharp contrast is created between the hard content and the soft material. The work ‘Ter Apel, September 22, 2022,’ is a tapestry embroidered from donated, used buttons. The image shows a refugee camp, reminiscent of the camps in Greece, Turkey and Calais. However, it turns out to be Ter Apel in …