Tag: Chisenhale Gallery

  • Ravelle Pillay: Idyll

    Pillay’s paintings have a washy tranquillity beneath which violence lurks, as she explores the legacies of colonialism and the contradictory nature of historical memory

  • Rachel Jones: Say Cheeeeese

    The artist doesn’t want people to make quick judgments on what her works are saying, and the colourful exuberant canvases in this show certainly give plenty to think about

  • Yu Ji: Wasted Mud

    The Chinese artist Yu Ji has salvaged construction debris from east London and Shanghai to create a ‘living sculpture’ installation using an intriguing palette of concrete, recycled wreckage and plant-infused water

  • Thao Nguyen Phan: Becoming Alluvium

    Vietnamese artist Thao Nguyen Phan weaves moving image, lacquer work and watercolour paintings on silk into a mesmerising ode to the Mekong River’s myths and its mistreatment by humans

  • Ima-Abasi Okon

    Old air-conditioning units, poor-quality ceiling tiles coated with ultrasound gel and gold – the utilitarian and the precious come together in Okon’s fascinating installations

  • Ghislaine Leung: Constitution

    In Leung’s new installation, it is clear she has a point to make. Just what that point is, though, is not so clear

  • Banu Cennetoğlu: The List

    Istanbul-based artist Banu Cennetoğlu talks about the List, a documentation of refugees known to have died trying to reach Europe, now on show at the Liverpool Biennial, her recent film at the Chisenhale that spanned more than 128 hours, and…

  • Lydia Ourahmane – interview: ‘Working with this personal history is something I have to deal with now, as a way of moving forward’

    Lydia Ourahmane talks about her exhibition at the Chisenhale Gallery, allegiance, betrayal, drawing on her Algerian family history for her work, and why she nearly dropped out of art school  

  • Maeve Brennan: The Drift

    Premiering at the Chisenhale Gallery, Maeve Brennan’s film The Drift (2017) depicts restorative labour as the means to reconstruct Lebanon’s war-torn past and build a new future

  • Peter Wächtler: ‘It’s a strange mixture of respect, and total disrespect’

    The Berlin and Brussels-based artist discusses the benefits of repetition, grappling with tradition, and being an extra in a film with Tom Cruise