Flesh Arranges Itself Differently - Artists in Conversation
Published: 1 March 2022
Tuesday 10 May 2022 (In Person)
Tuesday 10 May 2022
6.00pm-7.30pm
Hunterian Art Gallery
Free - registration required
Join us in the Hunterian Art Gallery to hear from artists Ilana Halperin and Ayan Farrah, both featured in current exhibition 'Flesh'.
'Flesh Arranges Itself Differently', co-curated by The Hunterian and the Roberts Institute of Art, explores the varied ways in which artists have evoked bodily experiences, often in response to the impacts of technology, spirituality or mortality. The exhibition combines works from the two different collections, featuring an incredible range of artworks from the Enlightment era to artists working today.
Featured artists Ilana Halperin and Ayan Farah will join us in the Hunterian Art Gallery for this one-off after hours event to discuss their work and how it responds to the world around us. Both Farah and Halperin's artwork explores how our bodies encounter external forces and how these interventions have shaped and developed our understandings of our bodies. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from these two dynamic contemporary artists in person.
Ayan Farah was born in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in 1978. She studied Fine Arts at London’s Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, followed by Painting at London’s Royal College of Art. Farah was shortlisted for the Dazed and Confused Emerging Artist award in 2012 and won the Culture Contact Award in 2007. Farah’s works are defined by her interest in the provisional and the ephemeral. Her paintings often comprise unusual materials such as fabric, paper and sand.
Born in New York, Ilana Halperin attended the New York High School of Performing Arts and trained as a stone carver. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1995, before moving to Scotland to study the Master of Fine Art course at the Glasgow School of Art, from where she graduated in 2000. Halperin's work explores the relationship between geological phenomena and daily life. Her artwork is produced using a variety of media, writing, performance, printmaking, sculpture, drawing, and film. She lives and works in Glasgow.
First published: 1 March 2022
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