Destroying factories, orange migrants
2012
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2012
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Destroying factories, orange migrants is a 2012 by Natalya Pershina-Yakimanskaya, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows construction workers in bright orange gear tearing down old factories. It’s part of a bigger project called The Wings of Migrants. The work looks at migrant workers from Central Asia in modern Russia. The artist mixed video, dance, and print to tell this tough story. It’s not just about destruction. It’s about people rebuilding after change. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The print, in landscape format, depicts construction workers in orange safety gear striking dance-like poses beside a factory topped with a hammer-and-sickle emblem, part of a series addressing migrant labor in Russia. Arabic script in green overlays the left side, while a black dust cloud with visible faces and a blue mosque silhouette occupies the right. This work is part of a multidisciplinary project titled *The Wings of Migrants*, which explores the experiences of Central Asian migrant workers in post-Soviet Russia.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Natalya Pershina-Yakimanskaya makes bold, graphic prints with bright colors and sharp lines.
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