Compton Verney: Exhibition Tour and Mini Symposium: Class, Culture & Colonialism
This mini symposium is set against Chila Kumari Singh Burman’s show Spectacular Diversions, @Compton Verney and will include:
Curator's tour and Q&A with Exhibition Curator: Oli McCall and Host: Lara Ratnaraja
Panel discussion
Networking
We will be exploring how the structures of class colonialism of cultural assimilation can be dismantled as diverse artists and institutions create new collaborative models of cultural pluralism and inclusion.
Join us for this special event to mark the last weekend of Compton Verney’s major exhibition Chila Kumari Singh Burman: Spectacular Diversions.
In conversation:
Chila will be in conversation with writer and art critic Louisa Buck and artist Nicole Polonsky. The discussion will focus on Chila’s extraordinary artistic career and shed light on many of the new and recent works included in her exhibition at Compton Verney.
Artist: Chila Kumari Singh Burman
Chila Kumari Singh Burman is one of the most exciting artists working in the UK today. Since the mid-1980s she has been exploring the experiences and aesthetics of Asian femininity in paintings, installations, photography, printmaking and film. In her more recent works, this theme has taken on a new power and vibrancy. Challenging stereotypical assumptions of Asian women, her work is informed by popular culture, Bollywood, fashion, found objects, the celebration of femininity; self-portraiture exploring the production of my own sexuality and dynamism; the relationship between popular culture and high art; gender and identity politics.
Panel Guests:
Nicole Polonsky is a visual artist who seeks out latent meaning in found objects and texts and articulates her responses in thought-provoking ways. Nicole is especially drawn to subjects that have been overlooked, marginalised, erased or considered valueless. Nicole’s practice encompasses editioned prints, bookworks and multiples; drawing and unique object-making; film, installations and performance; writing for publication.
Louise Buck - Writer and art critic
Louisa Buck is a renowned art critic and contemporary art correspondent for The Art Newspaper. Buck has written on contemporary art for a range of different publications and she is the author or co-author of books on contemporary art market including Moving Targets 2: A User's Guide to British Art Now, Owning Art: The Contemporary Art Collector's Handbook and Commissioning Contemporary Art. A Handbook for Curators, Collectors and Artists.
Further Event Details:
Free Travel from Birmingham – Limited availability on coach
(Guest are welcome to make their own way there and back)
Lunch Included
We have 10 £50 bursaries available to support freelance artists to attend. These are prioritised for those who face financial barriers to attending and will be available on a trust-based, first come first served basis.
Please email charlenecarterjames@culturecentral.co.uk if you would like to access this facility.
Please RSVP asap and secure your place to avoid disappointment - RSVP Form Please also state your access and dietary requirements in detail.