Private View 3rd of October @Stour Space, from 7- 11
Stour Space is pleased to announce the opening of yet another riveting show ‘The Passerby’ on Thursday the third of October. In spirit of the haunting Halloween season, this eccentric exhibition will be showcasing gripping photographic works from Palestinian native Sana Khan. Existing as a contemplative passerby entranced between these parallel universes, it is this grappling with the ephemeral nature of life which fuels her dark and mysterious interpretations, while simultaneously providing a playful and idiosyncratic glimpse into the mind of a spectator who wishes they could experience it all!
Inspired and fascinated by fleeting moments of time which she attempts to capture through the lens of her camera and cleverly staged set design, Sana Khan’s photographic compositions best display her desperate attempts of struggling to attain comfort between the oscillating realms of moments of pure bliss to periods of deep isolation. While holding on ever so tightly to her precious observations, she carefully takes the time to construct an atmosphere which perfectly complements her inward visions.
Combining this with characters of all shapes and sizes, intrinsic animalistic elements (both dead and alive) and her photographic talent, she allusively illustrates a scene which allures and entices casual observers to re- evaluate life’s possibilities.
To compliment Sana Khan’s romantic photographic portrayals, ‘The Passerby’ will also feature works from American artist Cybil Scott. Currently based in London, her daily interactions between a city which never sleeps and a relentlessly growing digital world help to characterize the processes behind her layered series of works. As contemporary generations continue to engage with technology at a rapid rate in both an individual and collective way, her idiosyncratic execution of collaged poetic patterns and abstract forms composed on translucent paper, allows for an interesting reflection from observers to engage with how our everyday ‘passerby’ experiences relate in both the physical and virtual realm.
Together these two equally intriguing and visually enticing bodies of work seamlessly capture ephemeral moments in time, moments we wish we could hang on to or change or simply understand in a more contextual way. It is these fragments of time which help to construct the people we were in the past, how we conceive ourselves to be today, and how these instances might help shape who we become in the future.
