2019 “I Am Not Data” Painting From the Playlist Series by Mukesh Shah in Aluminum

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Paint on aluminum. Original work by Mukesh Shah and part of his Playlist series. Signed and dated en verso.

Mukesh … Read more Paint on aluminum. Original work by Mukesh Shah and part of his Playlist series. Signed and dated en verso.

Mukesh Shah (b.1959, Aden, Yemen) is a British-Indian visual artist based in Dubai and London. His childhood was in Aden and Bombay before coming to school in the UK in 1976. After working in finance he started a studio practice in 2011. He has an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.

The artist’s statement on the series:

In the past decade a series of big issues have emerged to define our times; we see demonstrations erupting somewhere every day. Interestingly, in a digital age, graffiti and slogans on placards remain the expressive tools of choice in the public space.

Playlist uses the powerful relationship between text and image to explore this zeitgeist.

Each reductive word painting follows a vertical 4 line format and is restricted to 14 characters or less with no line exceeding 5 characters.

The project began in 2016 when, like many, I got hooked on the news cycle and could not let go. The resulting slogans have become a kind of playlist. See less