Casa delle Donne
Sanja Ivekovic
VERONICA, 2004
UDI - Centre Against Violence, Genoa
Print Artist's poster, Offset print on paper, black and white, 67.2 x 47.9 cm, framed 80 x 60 cm, Casa delle Donne 1998 - 2004, Palazzo Ferreto, Genua/I, June 17 - July 25, 2004
GF0030590.00.0-2004
Artwork text
35, Italian, married, 2 children When I was sixteen, I met Giovanni, my great love, with whom I have a daughter. After a while I discovered that he was a drug addict. He dragged me down with him, they took our daughter away, but I decided to cure myself and to fight to get my child back. After three years, I married another man; I gave birth to my son Adam, and got my daughter back. I seemed that I was the happiest woman in the world until the differences between my Algerian husband and me began to appear. He would beat me, and I would forgive him because he would be drunk, up until I discovered that he was assaulting my daughter. He begged for forgiveness, but I removed my daughter to a safe place. I stayed with him for two more months, but he became more violent. That last time he almost beat me to death; if I hadn’t called the police, I think he would have killed me. I am here now, and despite all the anger and pain, I still haven’t lost hope and I have the strength to begin a new life with my children. (Sanja Ivekovic)