Sarah Maple

Raised by a Muslim mother from Kenya and a British father, Sarah Maple’s artworks creatively explores the dichotomy of her all-inclusive background as well as the perplexing identity which young Muslim’s experience when living in the western world. Sarah’s works are additionally a reflection of her interest in activism and gender politics, where the contemporary artist applies current affairs that incite the spectator through humorous, whimsical interpretation, questioning the perceptions of individualism, belonging and otherness.

“I think sometimes a sense of humour is lacking” expresses Maple about the art world. “I love humour in art, people like David Shrigley, Sarah Lucas and Banksy. I also love it when comedians use their platform to say something about the world. A lot of my work is very political and I use humour as a Trojan horse to get across the things I want to say. My work is very direct and to the point!"

Her present solo exhibition, “Thoughts and Prayers” illustrates an accumulation of new works, furthermore, an assortment of Sarah’s most notable past creations, unearthing a large selection of media that includes photography, painting, uspešnost, video, installation, collage and sculpture. Her artworks emerge as pro-feminist and enflame a discourse with her sharp wit and ironic eye, unashamedly addressing the struggles of being a Muslim in the Western universe.

Umetničina konfrontacijska estetika se spopada s cenzuro, medtem ko preučuje zgodbe o nasilju, svoboda, in ironije pop kulture. Sarah pogosto uporablja avtoportretiranje, da usmerja svojo pripoved, ali posreduje paravojaške predstave kot način projiciranja svojega zapiska.

»Zame, 'Misli in molitve' simbolizirajo popolno pomanjkanje delovanja naših izvoljenih ljudi po vsem svetu. Torej v tem delu, Ustvaril sem besedilo z napisom 'Misli in molitve’ in ga odnesel na strelišče. Nato sem ga obesil in ustrelil! Nastalo delo so odtisi, pokriti z luknjami od krogel, s spremljajočim videoposnetkom performansa.«

Premikanje meja ženstvenosti, Sarah Maple prinaša nov glas na umetniško sceno.