Exhibition
Shahpour Pouyan: Wūshuǐ
31 Oct 2018 – 15 Dec 2018
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 18:00
Address
- 6 Copperfield Street
- London
- SE1 0EP
- United Kingdom
Copperfield, London is pleased to present the second solo exhibition of US based, Iranian artist Shahpour Pouyan.
About
Titled, Wūshuǐ, the exhibition makes the unlikely connection between political ideologies and representations of the landscape. Across cultures and history, the landscape has been represented in painting, drawing and photography but is by its nature is nearly always considered to be innocuous. When a landscape is painted by Winston Churchill, used as a symbol of national pride or miss-labeled however it can become more divisive. The exhibition title Wūshuǐ (meaning polluted water), is a bastardisation of the Chinese phrase Shan Shui or ‘mountain water’ that refers to the landscape ink painting tradition as a form of purity. Through this lens Pouyan draws connections across history and cultures to create a series of works that stand as laden metaphors.
Opening Tuesday 30 October, 6 - 9pm
runs 31 October - 15 December 2018 at Copperfield, London