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Migration T-shirt installations by Nada Prlja

Contributed by Gareth Hague on Jun 4th, 2019. Artwork published in
circa 2008
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Nada Prlja — Strike, Installation, 2008. Industrial shirt railing, 10m, 100 hand painted T-shirts, 100 hangers. Image from the solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia. Courtesy the artist
Nada Prlja. License: All Rights Reserved.

Nada Prlja — Strike, Installation, 2008. Industrial shirt railing, 10m, 100 hand painted T-shirts, 100 hangers. Image from the solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia. Courtesy the artist

Macedonian artist Nada Prlja handpainted lettering based on Alias Klute for a series of T‑Shirts, presented in a series of exhibitions and artworks on the theme of migration.

Nada Prlja — This is Not My Beautiful House. Letters pressed into the bed sheet by artist’s body while sleeping. Bed sheet 2x1.6m, printmaking ink, 7 hours. The text is taken from the lyrics to the song ‘Once in a lifetime’ by Talking Heads, 1981. Photo the artist.
Nada Prlja. License: All Rights Reserved.

Nada Prlja — This is Not My Beautiful House. Letters pressed into the bed sheet by artist’s body while sleeping. Bed sheet 2x1.6m, printmaking ink, 7 hours. The text is taken from the lyrics to the song ‘Once in a lifetime’ by Talking Heads, 1981. Photo the artist.

Nada Prlja — Aliens Inc. Photographs. Series of 5 photographs, colour, 50x70cm. C type print. Courtesy the artist
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Nada Prlja — Aliens Inc. Photographs. Series of 5 photographs, colour, 50x70cm. C type print. Courtesy the artist

Nada Prlja — Strike. Installation, 2009. Industrial shirt railing, 10m, 70 hand painted T-shirts, 70 hangers. Image from the exhibition at MC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia, 2009. Courtesy the artist
Nada Prlja. License: All Rights Reserved.

Nada Prlja — Strike. Installation, 2009. Industrial shirt railing, 10m, 70 hand painted T-shirts, 70 hangers. Image from the exhibition at MC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia, 2009. Courtesy the artist

Nada Prlja — Strike. Installation, 2008. Industrial shirt railing, 10m, 100 hand painted T-shirts, 100 hangers. Image from the solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia. Courtesy the artist
Nada Prlja. License: All Rights Reserved.

Nada Prlja — Strike. Installation, 2008. Industrial shirt railing, 10m, 100 hand painted T-shirts, 100 hangers. Image from the solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia. Courtesy the artist

Nada Prlja —Strike. Installation, 2013. 24 hand painted T-shirts. Image from the solo exhibition at FUTURA Center for Contemporary Art, Praha. Courtesy of the artist.
Nada Prlja. License: All Rights Reserved.

Nada Prlja —Strike. Installation, 2013. 24 hand painted T-shirts. Image from the solo exhibition at FUTURA Center for Contemporary Art, Praha. Courtesy of the artist.

Nada Prlja — Strike. Installation, 2008. Industrial shirt railing, 10m, 100 hand painted T-shirts, 100 hangers. Image from the solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia. Courtesy the artist
License: All Rights Reserved.

Nada Prlja — Strike. Installation, 2008. Industrial shirt railing, 10m, 100 hand painted T-shirts, 100 hangers. Image from the solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia. Courtesy the artist

Nada Prlja — Strike. Installation, 2008. Industrial shirt railing, 10m, 100 hand painted T-shirts, 100 hangers. Image from the solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia. Courtesy the artist
License: All Rights Reserved.

Nada Prlja — Strike. Installation, 2008. Industrial shirt railing, 10m, 100 hand painted T-shirts, 100 hangers. Image from the solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia. Courtesy the artist

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