'Dad and I (still here in spirit)' by Latifah Al-Said Stranack

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By Signature Art Prize 2019/20
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Dimensions (HxWxD):

70 × 90 × 0.5 cm

Materials:

Mixed media - Charcoal, pencil, pastel, glue, white chalk, paper

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Drawing

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2019
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This work is currently shortlisted for the Signature Art Prize 2019/20. If you wish to purchase this piece it will be available after the 13th February 2020. About the artist: As an artist I am interested in how cultures attract and collide, creating a new hybrid voice of the future. Understanding the dynamics of exile and migration, is for me, a direct consequence of my upbringing. I believe that my mixed heritage has been a rich source of material to work with, though at times it has also created numerous questions within me about identity, sense of belonging and place in the world. The sense of not quite belonging, yet, at the same time being an observer of life, the tiny tremor of conflict within oneself, that is also a way to see the divisions and connecting threads that link each one of us to a complex wider world. My work shows the strength and frailty of the human body. I create my art to begin a dialogue with the viewer, to talk about social and political world issues that affect us all as humans, regardless of race, religion or gender. About the work: This work was made in memory of my Father Fahr. He got cancer when I was about 11, and passed away 3 days after my 15th birthday on the 2nd of November. I wanted to create a work that talks about time, memory, loss and family. That it's ok to miss someone, and it's alright to be confused about all the things you do, and don't remember. I drew myself big and reaching out to him with one hand. I'm an adult now and I wanted to create a drawn memorial to him, and my memory of the father I remember. I found an old photo from when he was a young boy, he's riding a bicycle. I wanted my younger self and this boy to reconnect in my drawing, and have a space to talk and be young and free together. It's an imaginary world that can never truly exist, but it makes me happy that through drawing I can have him back in my life.

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