Susan Hefuna,
Building Series, 2014, bronze, black patina, dimensions variable
SUSAN HEFUNA
Cairotraces
14 October – 22 November
2014
Private View:
13 October 2014,
17:30 – 21:00
press release
Pi Artworks London is
pleased to announce Susan Hefuna’s third solo exhibition with the gallery
and her first at our
London venue. Cairotraces features a new series of her highly regarded works
on paper as well as a
newly commissioned palm wood installation.
At the core of
Hefuna’s practice is her fascination with the networks and structures of
connection
that inhabit public
spaces and become the framework for peoples’ interactions with each other.
She is particularly
interested in how these networks become visible through and influenced by
architectural models
and city planning. For Hefuna, these public spaces, particularly urban centres,
are the intersection
of politics, architecture, and history and they shape the formation of
different social
identities. This
interest stems from the artists’ duel German - Egyptian heritage, which has
allowed her
to observe the towns
and cities of two cultures that are simultaneously foreign and familiar to her
as
well as her nomadic
existence as an artist who immerses herself
in the life of the
various countries she exhibits in.
Susan Hefuna, Cairotrace, 2014, watercolor on paper, 43 x 35 cm
Susan Hefuna, Building, 2014, ink on tracing paper, 48 x 61 cm
Susan Hefuna, Cairotrace, 2014, watercolour on paper, 43 x 35 cm
Susan Hefuna, Building, 2014, bronze, black patina, 24 x 17 x 3 cm
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