Rana Begum: No.1367 Mesh

20 July 2024 until July 2026

[ Exhibition )

This installation can be found in our Historic House and access is included in your general admission ticket.

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Photograph of a coloured mesh cloud installation with a woman left looking up at it. She has shoulder length curly brown hair and wears all black.

Acclaimed visual artist Rana Begum RA transforms our historic staircase with No.1367 Mesh, her iconic suspended, colourful mesh clusters, creating a vibrant blend of history and contemporary art.

The monumental installation, No.1367 Mesh, crafted specifically for our historic staircase, features Begum’s iconic colourful mesh clusters (often referred to as ‘clouds’). Each unique configuration brings vibrant colour and organic forms to the 18th-century townhouse, blending history and contemporary art. The gridded material will spill over the landing balcony and through the middle of the staircase. It will allow visitors to experience the artwork from multiple angles.

Rana Begum’s work is known for blurring the boundaries between sculpture, painting, and architecture. It will bring a unique harmony of light, texture, and geometry to the Gallery. Begum draws inspiration from urban landscapes and traditional Islamic art, using light as a fundamental medium to create immersive visual experiences.

Join us to experience the magic of Rana Begum’s latest creation. In 2025 Rana Begum will be curating an exhibition drawn from the Pallant House Gallery collection to complement her installation.

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Photograph of a coloured mesh cloud installation suspended from the ceiling in a wooden stairwell with large arched window behind. To left you can see the underside of the carved wooden staircase.

Photograph of coloured mesh clouds in an installation suspended from the ceiling seen through door white wooden doors with a large arched window behind.

Photograph of a coloured mesh cloud installation suspended in a staircase with a large window left

Photograph of a coloured mesh installation in a stairwell shot from below with the wooden staircase and balustrade all around

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Photograph of a woman with long dark hair wearing a blue jumper stood leaning on a wooden banister

Bio - Rana Begum

Born in Bangladesh in 1977, Rana Begum lives and works in London. In 1999, Begum graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design and, in 2002, gained an MFA in Painting from Slade School of Fine Art. Begum’s work distils spatial and visual experience into ordered form. She draws inspiration from urban landscapes and traditional Islamic art, using light as a fundamental medium to create immersive visual experiences. Through her refined language of Minimalist abstraction, Begum blurs the boundaries between sculpture, painting and architecture.

Rana Begum told us: “I’m excited to have the opportunity to engage with the staircase’s architecture and consider how the function of the space will change the experience of my work. I love how it enables a natural flow around the artwork, allowing it to be perceived from all sides. I’m drawn to the focal window and the abundance of natural light – it feels almost church-like.”

“I’m interested in making colour feel tangible, giving it a physicality that accentuates how one tone interacts with another… it’s always important that the relationship between colour, geometry and texture creates a feeling of calm and tranquillity. I am fascinated by this duality – how the experience of exhilaration and meditation can coexist.”

“By bringing the relationship between form, colour and light into focus, I hope my work can extend beyond a gallery context and encourage the viewer to become more attuned to their everyday surroundings, more sensitive to the varying ways these three elements interact and the moments when they align to create something beautiful.”