Rana Begum in conversation with Melanie Vandenbrouck
6 - 7pm
£15 (£13.50 for Friends)
[ Talk )
Join award-winning visual artist Rana Begum RA and the Gallery’s Chief Curator, Melanie Vandenbrouck, for an exclusive conversation about Begum’s monumental Staircase Commission for Pallant House.
Rana Begum and Melanie Vandenbrouck will discuss No. 1367 Mesh, Begum’s mesmerising site-specific installation for the grand staircase in the Gallery’s Grade-I Listed 18th century townhouse.
Delving into her unique practice, Begum will explain how she was inspired by the architecture and the natural light that floods through the space, to create an elegant sculpture that brings vibrant colour and organic forms into the house.
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.
