noticeboard with stickers, postcards from artists’ collection, bobby pin pack, mouse figurine, and playing cards.Harlesden High Street
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The artwork features a large transparent panel, capturing the viewer's attention. The panel displays various visual elements, including images and symbolic motifs, creating a visually striking composition. The subject matter suggests a conceptual exploration of identity, with the prominent close-up of a human face providing a focal point. The artwork employs a unique technique, incorporating both transparent and opaque materials to create a layered and interactive visual experience. The context suggests the artist's intention to engage the audience in a contemplative dialogue about the complexities of human identity and perception. ...
Athen (b. 2000) & Nina (b. 2001) are a British-Asian artist duo based in London. Their collaborative practice is founded on an open and ongoing dialogue
examining their shared experience of being raised in London by Indian
mothers. Community noticeboards reminiscent of schools, offices and social clubs serve as sculptures onto which the duo curate their collection of found images and assorted ephemera, pictures and trinkets engaging conversations surrounding family, displacement and migration. By utilising glamorous Bollywood headshots alongside domestic objects, Athen & Nina reminisce on matriarchal upbringings, diasporic femininity and the nostalgic impulse to reflect upon one’s teenagehood.
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Harlesden High Street was founded with the mission of facilitating access between experimental/outsider artists and the traditional gallery system. Working across several spaces in London, the gallery exhibits contemporary art by both local and international artists with a focus on exhibiting work by people of colour. In addition to its gallery programme, Harlesden High Street also hosts a cultural outreach programme with an aim to engage audiences in un-gentrified neighborhoods, through workshops, talks and artist initiatives. In 2023, the gallery also co-founded Minor Attractions, an inclusive micro-fair that gives access to both London and international galleries during Frieze week. ...
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