Gold and Platinum Patrons: Raqib Shaw studio visit
Thursday 25 October 2018 7 - 8.30pm
South London
Free. Gold and Platinum Patrons only.
Gold and Platinum Patrons are invited to meet Raqib Shaw in his beautiful south London Studio.
Born in Calcutta in 1974, Raqib Shaw has developed a fantastic universe that straddles the monstrous and the erotic. Shaw’s landscapes, bustling with chimeras, are line-drawn with an evident mastery of classical draftsmanship.The colours are arranged as though a silversmith’s compartmentalising techniques has been used. Shaw fastidiously chooses radiant tones, enlivening his images with coloured enamel and metallic paint. His dreamlike landscapes draw from decorative and floral motifs, as well as the bestiary.
He is inspired by crafts like silversmithing, tapestry work, and jewellery making. Each image seems to be an illustration of a marvellous and cruel tale written by the artist, based upon his aesthetic encounters. His work evokes the seething and malevolent universe of Jerôme Bosch, as well as British traditions, circumvolutions of medieval heraldry, and the detail and refinement of Persian miniatures.