Shape Gallery, Westfield Stratford City, 155 The Street London E20 1EN , 18 November 2015

Shape Arts - Artist Talk: Juan delGado #Askdelgado

Juan delGado discusses his Islamic art inspired work entitled “It Must Be This Time, ...Somewhere Else”. Produced in Qatar in February 2014, this work is an intimate response to one of the objects for the collection of the Museum of Islamic Art, based in Doha. The four basic components of Islamic ornament are calligraphy, floral patterns, human representation and geometric designs. delGado explores these elements to make a personal comment about how he feel Islamic art is connected to a cosmology that is also embedded in the ritual of Salats (prayers); drawing upon a narrative which swings from abstraction to depiction (of the body) he also comments on the danger of Islamic Heritage by the current conflicts and war in Syria.