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"Building on the rubble
The Earth is closing on us
pushing us through the last passage
and we tear off our limbs to pass through." Mahmoud Darwich.

To apprehend Emmanuel Tussore’s Unreclaimed, it is necessary to retrace the entirety of his artwork, which tells us in parallel about his relationship with Senegal. It appeals to the desire to transcend borders and the constraints of ethnicity (1) in the common, shared experience (2) of human suffering. Like a narrative that ends with unanswered questions, his work constantly comes back to haunt you, taking care to prick you where necessary …