- Venue
- Huddersfield Art Gallery
- Date
- Saturday, September 15, 2018
02:00 PM - Address
- Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, HD1 2SU
- Location
- Yorkshire
- Organiser
- Huddersfield Art Gallery
Matthew Krishanu in conversation with Amanprit Sandhu, 2–3pm (drinks after until 4pm).
Free – no booking required.
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, including ten large-scale works, 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.
Matthew Krishanu says: “I want the viewer to sense the complications: that the scenes depicted are not always ones of innocence, that there are historical and cultural currents at play, and that the childhood world is easily punctured by adult constructions and beliefs.”
The Sun Never Sets is accompanied by a free publication with a text by independent writer and curator Matt Price
