- Venue
- Wesminster Reference Library
- Starts
- Thursday, October 27, 2016
- Ends
- Saturday, November 5, 2016
- Address
- Westminster Reference Library (1st floor – stair access only), 35 St Martin's Street, London, WC2H 7HP
- Location
- London
- Organiser
- Westminster Reference Library
Expatriates is a solo exhibition of paintings of English expatriates in India and Bangladesh. The portraits are shown alongside fragmentary landscapes that depict trees, overgrown ruins, and old missionary buildings. A colonial history of cultural power and exchange is evoked – represented in the poses the expatriates assume, the clothes (or costumes) they wear, and the buildings and scenery they inhabit.
Expatriates is the first of a series of solo shows programmed by Contemporary British Painting, an artist-led organisation which explores and promotes current trends in British painting.
Matthew Krishanu (b. 1980) lives in London. He completed an MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins in 2009. Recent exhibitions include: Aviary, Transition Gallery (2016); Contemporary Drawings from China, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’an Province (2015); Another Country, The Nunnery (2014); Mission (solo), St Marylebone Crypt, London (2013); We Were Trying to Make Sense, 1Shanthiroad Gallery, Bangalore (2013).
The exhibition is curated with Anneka French. Matthew Krishanu will be in conversation with writer and curator Hamja Ahsan at 3pm on Saturday 05 November 2016.
www.matthewkrishanu.com | www.contemporarybritishpainting.com
