This is the first retrospective in the UK of the Egyptian-Canadian artist of Armenian origin, Anna Boghiguian (Cairo, 1946). A close observer of the human condition, the artist draws equally on the past and present, poetry and politics, joyfulness and a critique of the modern world.
Image: Anna Boghiguian, Promenade dans l’inconscient 2016 (A Walk in the Unconscious 2016), detail. Photograph © Renato Ghiazza
This is the first retrospective in the UK of the Egyptian-Canadian artist of Armenian origin, Anna Boghiguian (Cairo, 1946). A close observer of the human condition, the artist draws equally on the past and present, poetry and politics, joyfulness and a critique of the modern world.
This immersive exhibition features dramatic large-scale installations of paintings on sailcloth and papier-mache sculptures, alongside more intimate displays of artist books and elements of her own studio.
Anna Boghiguian, Promenade dans l’inconscient 2016 (A Walk in the Unconscious 2016), detail. Photograph © Renato Ghiazza
For this exhibition, Anna Boghiguian has created a new work inspired by the industrial history of Cornwall; featuring characters, processes and materials drawn from the mining and fishing industries.
The exhibition is curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Director, and Marianna Vecellio, Curator, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino with Anne Barlow, Director Tate St Ives.
This exhibition was supported by a grant from Canada House
Tate St Ives
Until 6 May, 2019
Anna Melnykova, "Palace of Labor (palats praci), architector I. Pretro, 1916", shot with analog Canon camera, 35 mm Fuji film in March 2022.
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