handmade silk kashmir textile and oil paint on wood panelNiru Ratnam
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"Double Poppy Boom" by Baseera Khan features bold, fiery oranges and deep blues, creating a striking contrast in a composition dominated by two large poppies. The piece combines representational and abstract elements, using textiles to explore texture and depth, adding a tactile quality to the visual experience. Khan’s artistic style blends cultural symbolism with contemporary abstraction, employing layered textiles to evoke themes of identity and transformation. The artwork reflects Khan’s broader exploration of cultural identity, examining the intersections of personal and political narratives through textile-based art. ...
Baseera Khan’s multidimensional, multi-layered practice extends over the mediums of sculpture, performance, collage, installation, drawing, photography, textiles and painting. They explore themes of cultural exploitation, anti-blackness and xenophobia and how these issues intersect with surveillance, capitalism and the private and public space. Khan investigates the chains of production of commodities and goods, namely oil, architecture and art. Their practice undermines the structural integrity of these monolithic subjects, revealing their inequality and hypocrisy. Khan’s own body is positioned as archive, with the artist drawing out and visualising their lived experiences, traumas and tangled histories as a queer femme Muslim American with Indian, Afghani, and East African heritage.
Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...
Niru Ratnam Gallery is a London-based contemporary art gallery founded in 2020. The gallery represents a diverse group of established, mid-career, and emerging artists whose practices often challenge dominant narratives around ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class. Working across painting, sculpture, film, installation, and photography, many of the artists move fluidly between mediums. The program frequently highlights underrepresented voices and foregrounds conceptually driven work. The gallery’s approach is shaped by founder Niru Ratnam’s background as an academic and writer. ...
