Mandy El-Sayegh, Net-Grid (strike) (2020). Oil and mixed media on linen with silkscreened collaged elements. 235 x 225 x 4.5 cm. Courtesy Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong/London/Palm Beach/Seoul.
Mandy El-Sayegh's Net-Grid (strike) (2020) at Lehmann Maupin
After a very successful year of solo exhibitions at Lehmann Maupin, Tichy Ocean Foundation, and Overbeck-Gesellschaft – Kunstverein Lübeck in 2023, Mandy El-Sayegh continues to make waves at ART SG.
Renowned for her puzzling and intricate multi-layered paintings, the Malaysian-born artist is showing her large-scale work, Net-Grid (strike) (2020).
This piece features a mille-feuille-like grid drenched in pools of pastel-coloured paints. From the work's gauzy surface, snippets of text emerge, with 'STRIKE' boldly declared at the centre.
El-Sayegh draws parallels between her exploratory process and the unfolding of contemporary social and political events, emphasising their shared characteristics of chaos and distress.
Describing her collage process as 'suturing', El-Sayegh labels her painted surfaces as 'skins'. Using materials like latex, rubber, clay, newsprint, aerial maps, and anatomy books, she weaves a narrative that exemplifies how meaning might change when specific materials are placed in different contexts.
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