NOOR AL SUWAIDI
Organisation: Newertown | Art
Time: 18 April 2011 9:00am - 30 April 2011 9:00pm
Place: The Gallery in Cork Street, 28 Cork Street, London W1
Newertown | Art Presents:
NOOR AL SUWAIDI
LIKE CORAL, I CREATE CLOUDS
This April, Newertown | Art is proud to present Like Coral, I Create Clouds, a kaleidoscopic trip into the colourful canvases of Emirati artist Noor Al Suwaidi. On display is a series of variegated paintings and works on paper, all oscillating between the realms of portraiture and figurative abstraction.
Al Suwaidi was born in 1981 and grew up in Abu Dhabi. At age nine, encouraged by her father, she participated in an adult drawing program in the UAE, thus igniting a seminal phase in the development of her creative career. A particular interest in painting led her to pursue studies in the UK and the US, through which she conceived, expanded, and consequently refined her artistic style. This exhibition is a fresh encounter with the latest evolution of her work: an amalgamation of bold, conspicuous chromatic movements, guided into shapes and left to meet at moments, where our imaginations make and shake figures into focus. Inspiration from relationships, music and travels makes this a highly personal oeuvre. The emerging patterns of colour and forms are visceral combinations of raw emotion and honed technique. There are no contrived concepts or calculated imagery. The drive is purely to uphold the emotive forcefulness of the tension that is created as the pigments and shapes vie for space on the canvas. Each tone acts as a theatrical backdrop, drawing in our riveted energy, seducing us to play out our imagination and exhaling us back into clouds of colour.
This exhibition has been curated by Juan Carlos Farah.
18 - 30 April 2011 | Daily: 09:00-21:00
Press Day: 19 April 2011 (12:00 – 15:00)
Opening Reception: 20 April 2011 (18:00 – 22:00)
The Gallery in Cork Street
28 Cork Street
London
W1S 3NG
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Image above: © Noor Al Suwaidi, Serendipity, 2011