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Henna Nadeem: Trees, Water, Rocks
Piccadilly Circus Underground Station
11 October – 17 January
Returning from a research trip to India, I visited the ‘Platform for Art’ exhibition by Henna Nadeem at Piccadilly Circus Underground in the ticket hall and station. Nadeem designs swirling, stylised stencil designs overlaid on vast photographic images of landscapes. I saw her work in the ‘Pattern Crazy’ show at the Crafts Council in 2002, where it was smaller scale and influenced by Islamic designs and motifs collaged on top of various landscape and travel scenes. ‘Trees, Water, Rocks’ is somewhat different. The title, playfully referring to the game Rock Paper Scissors has varied cultural references and iconography. In these new works, the origin of these designs are less clear, more muddied but rich with multicultural motifs and patterns. Nadeem explains she is expanding her references to include images that she finds formally pleasing, with less emphasis on their geographic and cultural origin. In my studies and travels in modern India, I find the culture embracing modern design, technology and lifestyle and mixing it deftly but sometimes awkwardly, with tradition and history. Here Nadeem combines Japanese, Moorish and Islamic motifs, together...
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