Meaning of a Song : The Series. An Insight
Selected work and writing behind the series 'Meaning of a Song', by Shumaiya khan. 2021-2022. Work has been featured in FLUX exhibition, The Other Art Fair London, March 2022, Inttertupted Art, Affordable Art FairLondon 2022, and The Holy Art Gallery.
Like such previous works for Labour of Love 2021; Meaning of a Song too plays on polarisation. One where the artist releases and falls underwater in comfort and safety to explore deeper meanings behind actions of the subconscious and where we would reparent ourselves. What did we learn from our youth and how can we find a more fulfilling joy.
On the other hand, the artist creates sparse, empty, unprimed cotton pieces with strong brush strokes which would be indicative of fixed, solid, learned statements and acknowledgement of embodied true masculine energy. In a world where success is seen as masculine comes in monetary form, accolades joint to capitalism, the artist taps into these traits (previously explored in her series Aries 2020) and how they follow through the veins of the divine feminine.
The artist once again calls on her religious and spiritual beliefs in conjunction with stoic philosophy and Jungian psychology.
Meaning of a Song, Neptune. 2022. 120cm x 160cm. Acrylic and charcoal on gessoed cotton.
Left to Right:
Neptune 2022, 120 x 160cm, Acrylic chalk and charcoal on cotton
Salt 2021, 55 x 70cm, Acrylic and charcoal on raw cotton, framed.
Air 2022, 55 x 70cm, Acrylic on cotton, framed.
The Biggest Risk I Ever Took, Part 3, 2021, 80 x 120cm, Acrylic and charcoal on raw cotton, framed.
Shown at Flux Exhibition, London 2022.
Meaning of a Song : The List, 2022. Acrylic, charcoal & chalk on gessoed cotton. 120cm x 120cm.
One of my all-time favourite pieces. Created over a few different sessions, in collaboration with Reiki Master and sound practitioner Olivia Howitt.
With so much of my work, there is an ever-present element of intense, emotional depth and spiritual focus. Painted while different points of the body are activated with a range of sound frequencies; allows for the narrative of this piece to change pace, depth and consistency.
For enquiries for purchasing contact Alicia at Galeria Azur (Madrid) . Artwork resides in London
The Biggest Risk I Ever Took, Part 3, 2021, 80 x 120cm, Acrylic and charcoal on raw cotton, framed.
Salt 2021, 55 x 70cm, Acrylic and charcoal on raw cotton, framed.
Error, 2022, 91 x 91cm, Acrylic and charcoal on cotton.
I Forgot How To Dance 2022, 55 x 70cm, Acrylic and charcoal on cotton.
Both pieces currently on loan, via Interrupted Art.
Meaning of a Song : Journal pieces. 2022. 21 x 29.7cm Arcylic and charcoal on paper
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