Exhibitions On Tour

Solidarities - Paintings by Ritu Sood

..."it is not only to gain something that we should seek solidarity, because solidarity, in itself, is a meaningful quality, that is to say, aquality that gives meaning to life, which makes sense of life..."

John Berger

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery are proud to tour ‘Solidarities’, the first showing of Ritu Sood's paintings in the North of England. Sood is presenting a selection of paintings made over the last decade including previously unseen work. The essence of Ritu Sood's paintings is that human experience is shareable; Sood has chosen the universality of visual language as her tool. Working with fields of rich colour and life size figures, she makes accessible the situations expressed in the paintings. Solitary figures float in deep ambiguous spaces, lining the gallery walls with their stories. The seductive colours work on your senses while the figures encourage intimate exchanges.

Viewing Sood's paintings we are aware of feelings of isolation, anxiety,pain, calm, love, and most of all, of solidarity. These feelings that we shareare what makes us all equal. The paintings read the viewer – we bring our experiences to them.

We invite you to immerse yourself in the warmth of this eloquent and challenging body of work.

Ritu Sood lives and works in London. For more information on her work visit www.ritu-sood.com

Exhibition Hire

Availability

Available from 1 July 2007 until 1 July 2009.

Insurance

Hirer responsible for insurance value of £182,455.00 from receipt to return.

Running space

50 Metres running wall space.

Contact details

Sonja Kielty, Exhibitions Officer (Exhibitions) tel 01274 431207, email sonja.kielty@bradford.gov.uk

Exhibition contents

10 painted canvases (oil) to be flat mounted onto wall with specific fittings (supplied); labels provided as soft copy; A0 size text panel (full colour) in soft copy; 1x. Preview invitation card design provided.

Fee

£2,000 for eight week period, longer/shorter by negotiation.

Transport

Fee includes one way transport. Hirer to return or transport to next venue. Artist or Bradford Metropolitan District Council Curator/Conservator to assist in hang of exhibition.