Casa delle Donne
Sanja Ivekovic
SONIA, 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
GF0030596.00.0-2004
Artwork text
32, Russian, married, 1 child I was a cheerful person. My passion was dance. While I was on a tour with my dance company in Rome, I met my future husband and the father of my child. At first, I was happy; he was generous, mild-mannered... until we got married. Then he became jealous, possessive, and finally, violent. I gave up everything just to avoid fighting with him. I existed solely for my family. I learned how to sew; I worked as a dressmaker. I stayed at home all the time, but even this was not enough for his jealousy to become bearable. In the meantime, I became pregnant and gave birth, hoping that I would one day be able to return to dance... I found a job as a dance instructor in a school. It was very painful to get divorced and separate my son from his father. I would like to leave everything negative behind me and start over again as someone who has just arrived in Italy. (Sanja Ivekovic)