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Shezad Dawood, Towards the Possible Film (production still), 2014, courtesy of the artist. Commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella and Delfina Foundation
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Shezad Dawood, A Mystery Play, (production still), 2010. Courtesy of the artist and LUX, London
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Shezad Dawood, Why Depend on Space and Time, 2014, digital animation. Courtesy of the artist and Factum Arte, Madrid
Exhibition
Shezad Dawood: Towards the Possible Film
18 Jul 2015 – 5 Sep 2015
Event times
Opening Times:
Tuesday to Friday 11am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm
Cost of entry
Free, all welcome
Address
- University of Southampton
- Highfield
- Southampton
- SO17 1BJ
- United Kingdom
John Hansard Gallery is excited to present a solo exhibition by conceptual artist and filmmaker Shezad Dawood, comprising films, neon works, sculpture, and a newly commissioned large-scale painting.
About
John Hansard Gallery is excited to present a solo exhibition by acclaimed conceptual artist and filmmaker Shezad Dawood. Comprising films, neon works, sculpture, and a newly commissioned large-scale textile painting, Dawood’s practice operates somewhere between the real and the surreal, often creating a dialogue between two worlds and two realities, both past and present.
Appropriating many of his ideas from modern European and American aesthetics, Dawood generates a critical examination of identity. His travels and conclusive research, coupled with his interest in the fantastical, all inform his ever-evolving imagination and feed into the unusual and intriguing narratives included in his filmwork and beyond.
Shezad Dawood works across a broad spectrum of media and his works have been exhibited in solo and group shows in the UK and internationally, including ICA, Taipei Biennial, Marrakech Biennial, MACBA Barcelona, MoMA PS1, Witte de With, Modern Art Oxford, Busan Biennale, Tate Britain and the Venice Biennale.
A John Hansard Gallery exhibition, curated in collaboration with Camilla Palestra, Shezad Dawood Studio.
Towards the Possible Film (2014) was commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella and Delfina Foundation.
