{"id":349,"date":"2016-09-09T09:38:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T08:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/?p=349"},"modified":"2020-02-10T14:43:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T14:43:12","slug":"ulterior-motifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/2016\/09\/09\/ulterior-motifs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ulterior Motifs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>17 October \u2013 9 December 2016<br \/>\nArtist: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarachoudhrey.com\/\">Sara Choudhrey<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_350\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-350 size-large\" title=\"Arabesque II \u00a9 Sara Choudhrey 2015\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/files\/2016\/09\/Arabesque-II-detail-copyright-Sara-Choudhrey-1024x795.jpg\" alt=\"Arabesque II \u00a9 Sara Choudhrey 2015\" width=\"625\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/files\/2016\/09\/Arabesque-II-detail-copyright-Sara-Choudhrey-1024x795.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/files\/2016\/09\/Arabesque-II-detail-copyright-Sara-Choudhrey-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/files\/2016\/09\/Arabesque-II-detail-copyright-Sara-Choudhrey-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/files\/2016\/09\/Arabesque-II-detail-copyright-Sara-Choudhrey-624x485.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/files\/2016\/09\/Arabesque-II-detail-copyright-Sara-Choudhrey.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arabesque II \u00a9 Sara Choudhrey 2015<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ulterior Motifs is a series of installations exploring distinctive styles, patterns and<br \/>\nmotifs found on historical artefacts and architectural sites across the Islamic world.<br \/>\nLaser-cut and laser engraved patterns on white birch are presented against stark<br \/>\npanels of black, leading to an exploration of depth. The play of light and shade<br \/>\nresults in an appreciation of each piece from a distance and also within close<br \/>\nproximity, encouraging the viewer&#8217;s dynamic motion in exploring analogue objects.<\/p>\n<p>Sara Choudhrey presents traditional Islamic aesthetics within a contemporary fine<br \/>\nart context \u2013 asking the viewer to consider their understanding of wider art histories<br \/>\nand continuities. The styles of traditional Islamic art are shown to be continually<br \/>\nevolving with current interpretations presented here for audiences who may<br \/>\nappreciate that which is unfamiliar or re-appreciate that which is not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17 October \u2013 9 December 2016 Artist: Sara Choudhrey Ulterior Motifs is a series of installations exploring distinctive styles, patterns and motifs found on historical artefacts and architectural sites across the Islamic world. Laser-cut and laser engraved patterns on white birch are presented against stark panels of black, leading to an exploration of depth. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40831,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[157292],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions\/351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/templeman-exhibitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}