Bingtong Luo
Bingtong Luo
IRL
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What is Happening Shabib?
“What is happening Shabib?” is a snippet from an overheard conversation. It reflects the work that has been created for this exhibition where I have captured snippets of landscape that have caught my imagination.
Shabib translates as Scholar, and the question is one that everyone should be asking, “what is happening?”
I am not drawn to the whole picture, only parts of the view – those appealing bits that offer an opportunity to incorporate imagination and different perspectives.
Most of the pieces of work use soil from Kenya and sit alongside paintings that reflect the English countryside and the long history between the two countries.
The annual Degree Show is a highly anticipated event amongst staff, students, external partners and friends of the School of Art – it provides a platform for the work that the students have spent so long conceiving and producing. The 2023 Degree Show has been realised through an ongoing testing of ideas in public arenas in which the discourse around art practice takes place. This process of realising practice which engages with audiences has over […]
