Osman Yousefzada’s poem, 'Untitled (for Prem)', is written in response to Prem Sahib’s 'User_01' (2016), a panel of black aluminium covered with drops of resin that look like sweat and moisture, smudged in one part as if by a hand. The work’s eroticism, inspired by the sweaty walls of clubs, is...
Published 11/27/23
Marina Warner’s 'Pentimento' is written in response to Paula Rego’s drawing in pencil and conte, 'St Mary of Egypt' (2011) and tells the story of the little-known saint from fragments of reports of those who knew and remembered her. Knowing Rego’s love of storytelling and character studies,...
Published 11/27/23
Heather Phillipson’s 'The Creeps' is written in response to Emma Talbot’s 'How the Web was Woven' (2009), an acrylic on canvas work with a variety of vignettes, spider webs, texts and mysterious figures. Reflecting the haunting, unsettling atmosphere in Talbot’s painting, Phillipson considers how...
Published 11/27/23