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Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Back to Colour

Red and Roses

Some recent collages made using Desi bride magazines big and small.

Their full of lush colour spreads and head to toe images of models vary greatly

from pure Western bridal magazines and fashion magazines.

I remember reading somewhere that even in the Indian subcontinent,

the poorest are dressed in vibrant colours.

Colour chains

In fact it reminds me of the beautifully shot and written film Monsoon Wedding (2001),

directed by Mira Nair and written by Sabrina Dhawan.

Colour is in its element and even in the darkest moments of the film,

colour is boundless and just as complex and gritty too.

Patchwork collage

Friday, 23 August 2013

Visual Arts Degree Show 2013: Stained and Painted Room

Photos taken by E. Russhard and Z.Akram

Stained and Painted Room
2013
Garment fabrics, interior fabrics, sugar paper, wallpaper, glitter glue, pva glue, Dylon fabric dye, Brusho dye, ink and emulsion.

Northumbria University, Squires Building
Exhibited as part of the Fine Art and Photographic Practice Undergraduates Degree Show. Northumbria University
May - June 2013

Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Visual Arts Degree Show - July 2013

Materiality is at the beginning of things. It is about the physicality and where it comes from, what it does and how it interacts with others. I choose from what is discarded and I physically change these materials using paint. Stuff is collected; plastics, papers and fabric conflict with gesture and drip.
What is a painting or how a composition can exist are questions that I ask. I challenge the conventions within fine art by staining fabrics and other surfaces with emulsion, ink and Dylon fabric dye. The walls and the very structured surface of a space are given their own marks that are reminiscent of decorative painterly gestures.

Fabric too, is decorated and marked intentionally by these substances, creating a unique collaboration between craft, fine art and textiles. Stitch joins a piece of graphic pink print with a plain piece of fabric, then paint interferes with the sheer blue dubatta, covering the embroidery in places and coating the sequins with a veil of colour. The paint does everything but fit in.

A strange collaboration where East meets West. These discarded materials and fabrics reference this cultural fusion, exploring a duality that connects and confronts.