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Aileen Bassis


Artist and Poet



ART ON THE THEME OF IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION



"Wants and Needs: Minors in US Custody"


is a 52 page Risograph printed book. It incorporates text from the Flores vs. Barr Supreme Court Case of 2019 in which our government argued that children in US custody didn't need such basic items as toothbrushes and soap. Interspersed with fragments of that decision, are the words, "do you want" and "do you need" along with images of young children and text of what I feel all children need and want. The pages can be combined in different ways by turning top and bottom pages. Variable edition of 20. Closed size is 11 x 4.5"




In My Country




Risograph printed artists book, 2015. I asked immigrants about their homelands and what they miss. I used their answers in this book and also in sewn collage work. 16 pages, each page 11 x 8.75" with two gatefold pages.

A video of this book was posted by Rollins College.



In My Country view 1



In My Country view 2



In My Country view 3



Print Collages



Transfer Prints with thread or wire.



Immigrant/ Moment, 2004, about 21 x 20"



Immmigrant/Departure, 2004, 20 x 14"



Immigrant/Current, 2004, about 21 x 19"



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