Zarina Bhimji

And suddenly I came across the work of Zarina Bhimji this past weekend. Never heard of her before I must admit, although she as nominated for the Turner Prize in 2007. There will be an exhibition in the White Chapel gallery in London till late March. She descends from an Asian family in Uganda who fled to Britain in the seventies. Her work consists of films, photo's and installations. The sense of material is wonderful, as well as her colours. In her series 'She Loves to Breathe|Pure Silence her photo's are printed on muslin and framed in plexiglas. The topic is what Asian/African women had to bear when coming into the UK.
A film called 'waiting' is about a factory where sisal is made. The processfilmed very close and is abstracted so that tactility, sound and colour take over from the actual work. So beautiful!