Sara David
Sara David
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Stop, Let Me Dance!, 2019
Acrylic, oil, photograph, ink, emulsion print and turmeric powder on canvas
80 x 60 x 1.5 cm
About this Work
In Stop, Let Me Dance!, David responds to photographs of her mother from the Eighties, a time before she was married and had children. The artist playfully adopts the brighter colour palettes found within her mother’s outfits at the time and celebrates her love of dancing. She further employs the turmeric-coloured, quadrilateral motif that is present across her wider body of work. For David, these shapes, which she terms “turmeric interruptions”, disrupt the surface of the paintings and create interference between the otherwise fluid gestures, in order to portray a sense of familial intimacy.
About Sara David
Sara David is a London-based multidisciplinary artist working with themes around race and social politics through the device of food. David graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2020 with a BA in Fine Art and is currently completing her MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art. David’s practice spans painting, performance, installation and predominantly moving image.
Through her output, David explores her own identity as a first-generation British South Asian female navigating through a space of unrest. Often, she works collaboratively with others from fellow artists to various family members, initiating discussions around the potential of art to have a positive social impact. Her work both critiques and values the spaces it operates within; especially as something that can become more accessible and open for those from marginalised and underrepresented communities.
Education
2021 University of the Arts London: Chelsea College of Arts, Masters of Fine Art
2020 University of the Arts London: Central Saint Martins, Bachelor of Fine Arts, First Class Honours
2017 Birmingham Metropolitan College, UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Stourbridge, Distinction
Awards
2020 Frank Bowling Scholarship Award, Chelsea College of Arts: University of the Arts London
2020 Dean’s Collection Award, CSM Museum & Study Collection: University of the Arts London
Publications
2020
Interview Featured in Exhibition Views: Issue One, Magazine
Exhibitions & Collections
2020
Conversations From Home: Late at Tate Britain and Chelsea College of Arts: Constructing Landscapes/ Building Worlds, Online
Rotis and Recollections: UAL Art Collection, University of the Arts London
Pyaar Mohabbat Ka Sharbat: CSM/ UAL Graduate Showcase, Online
Burnt Out: Open Studios, Central Saint Martins, London
2019
Otherly Presents: Cooking with Aunties, Hoxton 253, London
Waiting: Open Studios, Central Saint Martins, London
Bringing the Spice: Women Artists of Colour (WAH), Raven Row, London
Who The Henna U? Tate Exchange, Tate Modern Blavatnik Building, London
2018
Mobile Studio: Tate Exchange, Tate Modern Blavatnik Building, London
2017
Origins: Free Range, UAL Awarding Body, The Old Truman Brewery, London, curated by Elliott Burns