Seeing One's Own Eyes
Solo Exhibition Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, U.K.

Artists: XU ZHEN® 徐震®

Shanghai-based collective MadeIn, centred on the work of artist Xu Zhen, confronts notions of truth and authenticity, questioning preconceptions and stereotypes. This exhibition, focused on contemporary art in the Middle East, refers to a verse in the Koran: ‘My way, and that of my followers, is to call you to God, on evidence as clear as seeing with one’s own eyes’ (Sura 12, verse 108). Freely translated it is an appeal for critical reflection. Paintings, sculptures and installation combine to heighten our awareness of the nature of artistic experience within wider political contexts. It is the exhibition of an exhibition.

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