Paper My Wishes: A Talk by Artist, Suhail Shaikh
Friday 16 February 2024
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Repeated on Saturday 17 February 2024
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Atkinson – Studio
Free. Donations welcome.
“At some point aviation history and an eye for detail merged in me and I began transforming the static airplane replica into a historical narrative. I’m fascinated by the stories of those who designed them, built them, flew them and fought in them.
I have a special admiration for the RAF and for British engineering and I pursue a whole range of engineering-art and aircraft-stories to understand my fascination better.
And why airplanes? Because wings are wonderful designs, because gravity-defying lumps of metal in the sky are fascinating, because that’s where danger and excitement go hand in hand, and because to fly, as written by John Gillespie Magee Jr. in his poem High Flight, is to escape the “surly bonds of earth”, and taste freedom.” – Suhail Shaikh.
This talk will run for approximately 1 hour, followed by a book signing. Suhail will then be in the gallery to chat to people about the exhibition. |