Exhibition Cornerhouse- Rashid Rana

'The scale and status of the photographic object is transformed through the use of sculpture, installation, film and a vast palette of smaller image that allow for both micro and macro interpretation, opening up its potential to represent cultural, social and physical realities. '


I had not visited the Cornerhouse yet and fell in love with the great atmosphere, lovely cafe and restaurant and amazing free exhibition. Rashid has this amazing ability to product these photographic images that from a far look like a lovely mosaic piece but up close startle the viewer by the controversy of his topics. An example of this is in the piece seen below of 5 women wearing burkas but up close they are pornographic images of women, taking the contrast between the two images too extremes. I really admire the way he pushes boundaries in a artist way and in a topically way also.

This exhibition really influenced how I wanted to develop my project by looking at repetition to create a bigger image, similarly to the style of textile in the 19th century. I would may be not push the boundaries as much as Rashid, but focus on how he creates an image from loads of little images.