Riiko Sakkinen | Other Drawings | Importing Prostitutes and Exporting Soap
Importing Prostitutes and Exporting Soap
172 x 121 cm
Giclee print, ballpoint pen and sticker on paper
i The relationship between Europe and Africa has been determined for centuries by colonialism. Hundreds of thousands of African prostitutes live and work in Europe.

Detergents are one of the main products that porters carry on their backs from the exclaves Ceuta and Melilla to Morocco. Elena, the name of a Spanish detergent, may refer to Helen of Troy in Greek mythology.

Serlachius Museums, Mänttä.
Tags: Morocco, Spain, Africa, Europe, soap, Elena, Ceuta, Melilla
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