| LUBNA CHOWDHARY :
Lubna is a British artist who works on small tiles, firing and re-firing them endlessly until a vibrant mystery of colour and material emerges. Nobody knows if the appearance is a target, the eye of a mysterious animal, a vision under the microscope, and the imagination may be wrong without every finding the certainty that would put an end to this mind game. Likewise evocations in terms of style are both obvious and without any final diagnosis: we are led to think of Rothko or Klee, or of Art nouveau, without any of these connotations winning out over the others. And that is probably what gives her work its richness.
Lubna herself is a complex fabric: of Pakistani origin, brought up in Africa, her teenage years in the large Pakistani community in an industrial city in the North of England, and finally, the Royal College of Art in London; many threads to weave a story as rare as her work. (...) |
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