Only a few years ago, she boldly and confidently entered into the spotlight of the international art world. In this video interview, she talks about her installation "Flowers of Life", her family and the many transformations she wants to explore and trigger with her art.
In a variety of media, SELMA SELMAN’s art explores experiences of discrimination, violence, sexism, and patriarchy in a striking way. Among other things, the SCHIRN is showing two newly developed works by the artist with a Roma background: The installation "Flowers of Life" (2024), made from multipronged grabs, gestures to her family’s livelihood, which involves collecting and reselling scrap metal. The film "Crossing the Blue Bridge" (2024) is based on her mother’s memories of experiences in her hometown of Bihać during the Bosnian War (1992–95). Selman takes these family experiences as a point of departure to situate herself as a feminist and activist artist who now campaigns internationally for her community.
In the film accompanying the exhibition, the artist talks about her installation "Flowers of Life", her family, with whom many of her works are connected, and the diverse transformations she wants to explore and trigger with her art.
