Exhibitions, United Kingdom, City and Borough of Leeds, Leeds, 18 January 2012
Based on literary research, poetry and the Michael Sadler Kashmir Shawl Collection at ULITA (University of Leeds International Textile Archive) these paintings are the result of a commissioned residency at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery at the University of Leeds.
The works extrapolate the Kashmiri ‘boteh’ (or Paisley) motif from these exotic fabrics resulting in anthropomorphic entities, heavy with shadow, placed within dramatic environments.
These motifs traverse the canvas - sometimes together, sometimes alone. The environments and terrains constructed fuse textile qualities (colour, surface texture, repetition and shape) with the theatrical and fantastic. Methodologies and imagery of Hieronymus Bosch, Disney animation and the claustrophobic ‘arena’ interiors of Francis Bacon are visited to present these boteh shapes as individuals, or groups, in socio-political contexts that, although brightly coloured suggest an underlying threat or sense of isolation.
The works extrapolate the Kashmiri ‘boteh’ (or Paisley) motif from these exotic fabrics resulting in anthropomorphic entities, heavy with shadow, placed within dramatic environments.
These motifs traverse the canvas - sometimes together, sometimes alone. The environments and terrains constructed fuse textile qualities (colour, surface texture, repetition and shape) with the theatrical and fantastic. Methodologies and imagery of Hieronymus Bosch, Disney animation and the claustrophobic ‘arena’ interiors of Francis Bacon are visited to present these boteh shapes as individuals, or groups, in socio-political contexts that, although brightly coloured suggest an underlying threat or sense of isolation.
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