Memories and Visions

A selection of the sometimes subtle ways in which memories and visions of home and family appear in detainee artwork. There are symbolic portraits of missing family members as empty glasses, vacant seats, or uneaten fruit, produced by artists unwilling to have their emotions read and exploited by scrutinizing authorities. There are visions of mosques and desert landscapes. And there are cities the artists wish to visit, depicted as inaccessible.