1168 Foil
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About the work
- Location
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Country: USA
City: Washington DC
Place: British Embassy
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About the artist
Rana Begum graduated with an MFA from the Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1999, going on to receive an MFA in Painting at the Slade School in 2002. She was born in Bangladesh and spent the early years of her life there, before moving to the UK with her family. Her work has been shown in solo exhibitions internationally, including at Concrete, Dubai, UAE (2023); Pitzhanger Manor, UK; and the Moody Centre for the Arts at Rice University in Houston, USA (2022); Mead Gallery, UK (2021), Wanås Konst, Sweden, (2021); Tate St Ives, Cornwall, UK (2018) following the Tate St Ives Artists Programme residency at Porthmeor Studios; Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham, UK (2018); and Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, UK (2017). Her work has been included in various group exhibitions including at Desert X, Palm Springs, USA (2023); The Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh (2023 and 2020) the Folkestone Triennial, Kent, UK (2021); Kettles Yard, Cambridge, UK (2018); Gemeente Museum, Den Haag, Netherlands; and The 11th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea (both 2016).
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Explore
- Places
- Subjects
- geometry, Islam, industrial, urban
- Materials & Techniques
- foil, aluminium, paint, spray paint, painting (as object name)
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Details
- Artist
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Rana Begum (1977 - )
- Title
- 1168 Foil
- Date
- 2022
- Medium
- spray paint on aluminium foil
- Dimensions
- height: 43.6 cm; width: 38.5 cm; depth: 5.0 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Kate MacGarry, October 2022
- Provenance
- Kate MacGarry, London UK; from whom purchased by UK Government Art Collection, 20 October 2022
- GAC number
- 19115/5