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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Helen de Sybel, Dusk, 2021

Helen de Sybel

Dusk, 2021
oil on canvas
95 x 107 cm
D8
© Helen de Sybel
It is dusk in the Calais Camp and I have used a limited palette of violets and ochre to build an atmosphere of oppression. The sky is low and weighty...
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It is dusk in the Calais Camp and I have used a limited palette of violets and ochre to build an atmosphere of oppression. The sky is low and weighty and is reflected in the pools of water accumulating on the ground. The refugees pass one another without speaking, each in their own private world of pain.
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