Join artists Prem Sahib and Gabriella Boyd for a panel discussion on the surprising and mysterious genre of still life.
As exhibiting artists in our current exhibition, Immortal Apples, Eternal Eggs, both artists grapple with the still life genre in unexpected ways. This event offers a rare opportunity to connect with two dynamic voices shaping contemporary art today.
The discussion will be moderated by Yates Norton, Curator at the Roberts Institute of Art.
Doors will open at 6pm. Our cafe will be open to purchase drinks and snacks.
About the speakers
Gabriella Boyd (b. 1988, Glasgow, UK) lives and works in London. For her, the act of painting is an act of translation, from the interior or verbal, into the exterior and visual. Her paintings give visual form to internal sensations, memories, narratives and spaces held in the mind. She studied at Glasgow School of Art (2007-2011) and Royal Academy Schools, London (2014-2017). She was shortlisted for the John Moores Painting Prize in 2016, and was commissioned by the Folio Society to illustrate a new edition of Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams in 2015.
Prem Sahib (b.1982 London, England) studied at The Slade School of Fine Art 2002-2006 and has an MA in Material & Visual Culture from University College London (2006-2008). Sahib’s practice incorporates both sculpture and painting that appears abstract and minimal, formally clean and precise. However each is work arises from convictions regarding sexuality, intimacy, desire, and community. The work deals with notions of encounter and presence, codifying minimalist forms with anecdote. Most recently his practice has expanded to include installation and event-based work.
Yates Norton is a curator at the Roberts Institute of Art (RIA), where he works across the residency, performance, and exhibitions programmes. Committed to disability justice, he collaborates closely with David Ruebain and has presented on this work in various arts and educational settings, including at the ICA, London, and the Serpentine, London. He also serves on the advisory board for the Dis/Ordinary Architecture Project. Previously, he was a curator at Rupert, a contemporary arts organisation in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he co-developed the Creative Europe-funded consortium, Who Cares. Yates has taught at both Boston and Cambridge Universities.
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