Rana Begum
No.993 Net, 2020
Perspex cube, spray painted net
20x20x20cm
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Begum first started using fishing nets during a residency at the Tate St Ives in 2018, inspired by her memories of fishing in Sylhet as a child. Leading to the...
Begum first started using fishing nets during a residency at the Tate St Ives in 2018, inspired by her memories of fishing in Sylhet as a child. Leading to the collaboration with Roksanda at London Fashion Week February 2020, with No. 976, draped majestically within the interior of the Foreign Commonwealth Office, not only interacted with the light and space but also with the models as they strode down the runway. For Cure3 Begum presents No.993 Net as alternate representation of space and colour by restricting the light and transparent values the fishing net intrinsically has, within the confines of a Perspex cube. The layers of fluorescent colours of the work highlight the density, materiality and lack of movement, yet at the same time creating a piece that balances form, colour and space in a sculpture which remains within the artist’s chosen language of Minimalist Abstraction.
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