SB15 tour: Old Al Dhaid Clinic
Photos and information of artworks at the Old Al Dhaid Clinic. SB15, 7 February - 11 June 2023. Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi, based on a concept by Okwui Enwezor.
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Grieving and Mycelium. 2021–2022
Steel rod, hardware cloth, paper, wood dust, wood glue, rubber, Golden Fluid Matte Medium, rope, thread and acrylic
548.64 x 152.4 x 30.48 cm
Credit: Eseosa Ogbeifun (studio assistant). Thanks to Iftikhar Dadi, Dianna Frid, Faheem Majeed, Dan Peterman, Juan Baños Fonseca and Beate Geissler
Pushpakanthan Pakkiyarajah’s paintings and video installations reflect on the painful and frequently suppressed legacies of Sri Lanka’s lengthy civil war (1983–2009). The animated film Straddling Ocean and Sky (2021–2022) contemplates the relationship between colonialism and ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and the role of transnational forces in shaping these histories. Accompanied by Sri Lankan folk and classical musicians, this animation is displayed alongside the sculpture Grieving and Mycelium (2021–2022), which proposes the regenerative power of mycorrhizal networks as a metaphor for the connective function of art in healing collective trauma of globalisation.
(Text at the exhibition. © Sharjah Art Foundation)
© Photos: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
Photos and information of artworks at the Old Al Dhaid Clinic. SB15, 7 February - 11 June 2023. Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi, based on a concept by Okwui Enwezor.