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Limits + restrictions in the face of failure for the Quota. group show at SOIL, Jul 6 – Jul 30

5 July 2017

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The Quota. group exhibition at Seattle’s SOIL Gallery, opening July 6 and running to July 30.

Curated by Satpreet Kahlon, Mel Carter and Anisa Jackson, the show includes work by manuel arturo abreu, Anissa Amalia , Natalie Ball, Isa Benn, Sabella D’Souza, Jueqian Fang, Christopher Paul Jordan, mario lemafa, Gee Wesley and Ellen Xu.

The participating artists have been asked to respond to the same question, “What kind of work would artists make if they felt none of the external and internal pressures that they normally face?” In this exploration of quotas and expectations, the curatorial premise aims to playfully open up a dialogue around internal and external limitations and “happily invites the possibility for failure.”

See the SOIL Gallery website for details.**

Sabella D’Souza, ‘~my motherland is a mouthful~’ (2016) Screenshot of video. Courtesy the artist + SOIL Gallery, Seattle.

Header image: Isa Benn, ‘PTSD’ (2016) Digital collage. Courtesy the artist + SOIL Gallery, Seattle.

The White Pube are reprising Zayn Malik Zindabad at the ICA, Jan 7

4 January 2017

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The White Pube is presenting Zayn Malik Zindabad at London’s ICA on January 7.

After the success of the first screening of the same name at London’s Lewisham Arthouse in August, the art criticism website and research project is back for round two, and comes with the following statement:

“The White Pube is tired of white ppl, white walls, and white wine. So for one night only, we are hosting brown ppl, white walls and chai. Come and view work by brown artists in a real vacuum, where brown-ness is banal, where you can O.O the art without the white-iarchy lookin over ur shoulder, askin if they can eat ur Other.”

Part of the ICA’s Artists’ Film Club, London-based Zarina Muhammad and Gabrielle de la Puente of The White Pube will present a screening featuring a line-up of short films by artists from “South Asia and its diaspora,” including Somnath Bhatt, Sabella D’Souza, Raju Rage and Himali Singh Soin among others.

The event also runs alongside the ICA’s Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016 exhibition, which features Muhammad’s video Digjihad (2015) until January 22.

Visit the ICA event page for more details.**

Zarina Muhammad, ‘Digjihad’ (2015). HD Video. Screenshot. Courtesy the artist + ICA, London.

Zayn Malik Zindabad @ Lewisham Arthouse, Aug 26

25 August 2016

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The Zayn Malik Zindabad group screening is on at the Education Space at Lewisham Arthouse on August 26.

Organised by Zarina Muhammad and Gabrielle de la Puente of The White Pube, and co-hosted with Sophie Chapman and Kerri Jefferis, the evening will show moving image art by artists that “happen 2 b young and in the South Asian Diaspora” featuring works by Somnath Bhatt, Himali Singh Soin, Anisa Jackson, Sabella D’Souza, Seema Mattu, Ilavenil Jayapalan, Rathai Manivannan, Katy Jalili, Hassan E Vawda and Zarina Muhammed.

The press release frames the evening within a humorous yet succinct message that declares: “The White Pube is tired of white ppl, white walls, and white wine. So for one night only, we are hosting brown ppl, white walls and chai. Come and view work by brown artists in a real vacuum, where brown-ness is banal, where you can O.O the art without the white-iarchy lookin over ur shoulder, askin if they can eat ur Other.”

Visit the FB event page for more details.**

Zarina Muhammed, ‘The English Beat’ (2015). HD Video. Courtesy of the artist.