All that glitters

 

This is a show about GOLD. Inspired by the original point of the exquisite manuscript carpet pages we return to their roots as our GOLD standard. GOLD was used extensively as illumination, was produced during supernovas and formed from the collision of neutron stars. GOLD was present in the dust when the solar system formed. It's ancient, rare and precious. Shiny and valuable, GOLD is bright, pure and futuristic. GOLD futures are up and the noblest metal is getting more expensive year on year. These artists interpret and use GOLD in various ways. 

 

GOLD in leaf form, as colour and paint, as cash, as commodity, as liquid, as barometer, as currency, as jewellery, as sculpture, as object, as prop, as ink, as bitcoin, as ratio, as candlelight, as Islamic and Medieval illumination, as treasure, as legend, as beer... this is a GOLDEN show comprised of artists: Merve Bilgel, Egidija Ciricaite, Cong Yunfeng, Jasmir Creed, Małgorzata Dawidek, Ellie Doney, Zeinab Feiz and Alireza Zaheeri, Katarzyna Depta-Garapich, Robert Mead, Özge Gökbulut Özdemir, Vaishali Prazmari, Naomi Siderfin, Alexa Seligman, Isabel Seligman, Ye Funa.​​​​​

 

Some golden connections: A claw, an acorn, a spike, a little sun şemse, a lichen log, a hand, a treasure chest, a cave, a setting, a womb, a barometer, a graph, a dataset, Dick Whittington and a beer, two feet, masked figures, a falcon emperor, a Book of Hours, a weave, a carpet pattern, a book. Artists have been fascinated by this magic material since time immemorial and continue to make works inspired by the shiny stuff.

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