August 10-28 2017. I am showing my dioramas of sheepherding in Palestine and the Basque Country in the solo exhibit "Land, Sheep and People" at the Basque restaurant On Egin, in the Berlin neighborhood of Neukölln, with the support of the Basque Cultural Center of Berlin.



Inspired by the secular tradition of pastoralism, this exhibition shows artworks in small formats, conceived as 'dioramas', which depict pastoral scenes in the Basque Country and Palestine. In these two very different contexts, small-scale sheepherding has undergone great transformations over the course of the last decade, at the same time as remaining a fundamental element in the construction of collective identity.

The dioramas are made with recycled material, coming for example from cereal boxes. Painted in watercolor, the scenes in them evoke the contrast between the bucolic and idealized appearance of this traditional way of life and the reality of life today with all its challenges - political, economic, social and environmental.