Rana Begum | No.1514 Mesh (2025)

Rana Begum | No.1514 Mesh (2025)[[specs start]] Paint, galvanised steel mesh 20 x 20 x 10 cm Edition of 15, accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate [[specs end]] [[work start]] About the work For this edition Begum explores colour interaction: how one colour affects another and how, through the process of layering, a third dimension of geometry and colour can emerge. The repetition in the mesh grid alternates between colour and absence. As the layers build, your eye

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Paint, galvanised steel mesh

20 x 20 x 10 cm

Edition of 15, accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate

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About the work

For this edition Begum explores colour interaction: how one colour affects another and how, through the process of layering, a third dimension of geometry and colour can emerge. The repetition in the mesh grid alternates between colour and absence. As the layers build, your eye perceives both the distinct colours and how they mix, oscillating between individual line and collective form. 

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About the artist

The work of London-based artist Rana Begum distils spatial and visual experience into ordered form. Through her refined language of Minimalist abstraction, Begum blurs the boundaries between sculpture, painting and architecture. Her visual language draws from the urban landscape as well as geometric patterns from traditional Islamic art and architecture. Light is fundamental to her process. Begum’s works absorb and reflect varied densities of light to produce an experience for the viewer that is both temporal and sensorial.

Born in Bangladesh in 1977, Rana Begum lives and works in London. In 1999, Begum graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design, and in 2002 gained an MFA in Painting from Slade School of Fine Art.

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About the Errantry Fund

The Errantry Fund is a dedicated new philanthropic fund, developed by Whitechapel Gallery to support artists of colour, whose work has been overlooked or under-represented in the mainstream art world. 

 The Fund takes its name from the work of Édouard Glissant, the Martiniquan writer, poet and philosopher, who proposes ‘errantry’ or ‘disruption’ as a mode of freedom and resistance to fixed ideas of identity.

 As part of this initiative, we are delighted to present a series of special limited editions, the first generously donated by artists, Rana Begum and Joy Labinjo. By purchasing these works you are making a direct contribution to the Errantry Fund and helping us support artists that challenge and reconstitute dominant forms of representation.

With thanks to: Rana Begum and Joy Labinjo

For further information on the Errantry Fund see here  https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/support-2/the-errantry-fund/

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