- Venue
- Huddersfield Art Gallery
- Starts
- Saturday, June 23, 2018
- Ends
- Saturday, September 15, 2018
- Address
- Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, HD1 2SU
- Location
- Yorkshire
- Organiser
- Huddersfield Art Gallery
The Sun Never Sets is London-based artist Matthew Krishanu’s first solo show in a public-funded gallery. The exhibition brings together over 30 paintings exploring figuration, place, and memory. The works centre on two boys (the artist and his brother) growing up in Bangladesh, and their experience of a complex world that includes expatriates, missionaries, and expansive landscapes.
The show includes three paintings recently acquired by the Arts Council Collection, to be exhibited together for the first time. Skeleton (2014) depicts two boys standing with the bones of a cow, which is missing its forelegs – its skeleton was washed up on the banks of a river, during the severe floods in Bangladesh in 1988. In Boy and Mask (2017), a boy stands in front of a tiger’s mask – the mask seems animated or alive, while the boy has closed eyes. Ordination (2017) portrays a church scene (part of the artist’s ‘Mission’ series of works) in which a new priest is being ordained. Questions of costume, symbol and status are raised in all these paintings – whether of adults seen performing ceremonial roles, or children posing in shorts and t-shirts.
The exhibition is accompanied by a free publication with a text by independent writer and curator Matt Price:
https://issuu.com/matthewkrishanu/docs/m-krishanu_catalogue_web
The Sun Never Sets is supported by funding from Arts Council England
Matthew Krishanu (b. 1980) was born in Bradford and is based in London. He completed an MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins in 2009. Exhibitions include: The John Moores Painting Prize 2018, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; In the City, East Gallery, Norwich (2018); Contemporary Masters from Britain, Yantai Art Museum, Jiangsu Art Museum, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, China (2017- 2018); Aviary, Transition Gallery, London (2016); Contemporary Drawings from Britain, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, China (2015); Another Country, The Nunnery, London (2014). He has works in collections including the Arts Council Collection, Priseman-Seabrook Collection, and Jiangsu Art Museum, China. www.matthewkrishanu.com
The Arts Council Collection is managed by Southbank Centre, London on behalf of Arts Council England.
The Arts Council Collection:
The Arts Council Collection is a national loan collection of British art from 1946 to the present day. With over 8,000 works and more than 1,000 loans made to over 100 venues a year, it is seen by millions of people in public spaces from galleries and museums to hospitals, libraries and universities. Representing one of the most important collections of British modern and contemporary art in the world, it includes work from Francis Bacon, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore to Lucian Freud, Antony Gormley and Grayson Perry. The Collection supports and promotes British artists by acquiring art at an early stage of their careers. The Arts Council Collection is managed by Southbank Centre, London and includes the Sculpture Centre located at Longside, Yorkshire Sculpture Park. www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk
Huddersfield Art Gallery:
The permanent collection is primarily of British art from the 19th-century to the present, with some earlier works of 18th-century watercolours and drawings, Japanese prints and local views. The collection includes a significant number of works by members of the Camden Town Group and paintings by British artists including Francis Bacon, LS Lowry, Frank Auerbach, Trevor Bell, Terry Frost, David Bomberg, Roger Hilton and Ivon Hitchens.
Contact Details/Press Enquiries:
Tel.: 01484 221964
e.: [email protected]
www.kirklees.gov.uk/museums
High-resolution images of the artist’s work are available on request.
Dates: Saturday 23 June 2018 to Saturday 15 September 2018
Opening Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 4pm
Address: Huddersfield Art Gallery, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, HD1 2SU
Opening event: Saturday 23rd June 1 – 4pm (artist tour at 2pm)
Closing event: Saturday 15 September 1 – 4pm (artist talk at 2pm)
