Plastic chair, 2022
Uitschieter (Rootpusher), 2023
Een laatste blik (A last glance), 2024
Bidnan3eesh (we want to live), 2024
Yusef Boys, 2024

‘We want to live’ is the translation of the Arabic handwritten text mounted on the wall in brightly coloured neon light. Surrounding it are the heartfelt cries in cheerful colours that have been written on the wall by Palestinian friends from the artist. With seemingly light-hearted and humorous works of art, artist Susanne Khalil Yusef (Germany, 1984) depicts the pain, despair, and grief of the Palestinian people. Her work also focuses on creating interconnectedness between people that have been displaced. Khalil Yusef translates the daily experiences of herself, friends and family into images made of soft, colourful, and durable materials, such as the carpet with a palm tree on fire and the ‘plastic’ chair dragged everywhere, executed in bronze. Rootpusher is a root-like figure with twisted smile in shiny metal that symbolizes the migrant trying to gain a foothold.