Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Kashif Nadim Chaudry

NADIM IS DEFINING HIMSELF AS A TEXTILE ARTIST. HIS GRANDPARENTS WERE BORN IN INDIA AND HIS PARENTS GREW UP IN AFRICA. HE FOUND HIS INTEREST IN MAKING TEXTILE ART THANKS TO HIS MUM WHO MADE TRADITIONAL CLOTHES FOR INDIAN WOMEN. NADIM LIKES TO PLAY WITH THE TRADITION AND CEREMONIES OF HIS OWN PAKISTANI MUSLIM BACKGROUND. NADIM IS A BRITISH BORN GUY WHO MAKES AND SEARCHES ART AROUND SEXUALITY, RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL RITUAL. ON THE TALK HE WAS SAYING A LOT ABOUT HIS OWN WORK BUT ALSO SAID WHO HE WAS INSPIRED BY. AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH HIS WORK I COULD TELL THAT HE HAD NO LIMIT AT ALL WITH HIS WORK. HE USED MATERIALS SUCH AS CHICKEN HEADS WHICH WAS DISGUSTING AND I WOULD NEVER EVER USE DEAD  ANIMALS FOR MY OWN ARTWORK. BUT EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN STYLE IN ART. HE IS ONE OF THEM ARTISTS WHO USES VERY WEIRD, WILE BUT AT THE SAME TIME INTERESTING MATERIALS FOR THE ART HE MAKES. I THINK THAT NADIM IS VERY INSPIRED AND FASCINATED BY ALL THE CULTURES, RELIGIOUS WHICH IS DEFINITELY SHOWN IN HIS WORK. ONE OF HIS ARTWORK THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE WAS THE ONE NAMED 'HAREM' WHICH WERE PAPIER MACHE STYLE FIGURES AND FABRIC, EACH FIGURE IS 5FT 4IN LONG AND THIS IS A MEASUREMENT WITHOUT THE SURROUNDING FABRIC ON THE FLOOR. THIS PIECE WAS MADE IN 2010, IT WAS BASICALLY TO SHOW THAT HE IS NOT ASHAMED OF HIS SEXUALITY, AS HE IS GAY AND IN MY OPINION HE TRIES TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF FOR BEING GAY, HE IS VERY OPEN ABOUT IT AND HE THING A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOULD BE. ALSO HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE, BECAUSE THERE WHERE HIS FAMILY COMES FROM ARCHITECTURE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND HAS A LOT OF DETAILS IN IT SO HE ALSO MAKES SCULPTURES OF ARCHITECTURE AND TO BE FAIR HE IS VERY GOOD AT IT. TO BE HONEST I HAVE ENJOYED THE TALK BUT AT THE SAME TIME I DIDN'T BECAUSE IT IS NEW AND WEIRD FOR ME TO SEE SOMEONE USING DEAD ANIMALS AND SKULLS IN ART. BUT AT LEAST IT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND LOTS OF HIS WORK IS SHOWN IN A PRETTY AND INTRIGUING WAY.  THE WAY HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS WORK MADE ME BE LESS DISGUST ABOUT IT AS IT WAS QUITE IMPRESSING, HIS WORK REMINDS ME A LITTLE BIT OF DAVID'S HIGGINS WORK AS THEY ARE BOT VERY INTO RELIGIOUS STUFF AND CULTURE, THEY BOTH MAKE ART INSPIRED ABOUT THEIR ORIGIN WHICH IS INSPIRING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MAKE ART. FOR ME IT IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT WERE MY FAMILY COMES FROM AND YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE PROUD OF IT. 




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