ELEFTERIA VLAVIANOS & NUHA SAAD

Saad and Vlavianos have long been involved in an informal dialogue about the ways in which their respective practices engage with the notion of visual echoes or resonances. Both artists share similar inherited histories, including the experiences of displacement, post-memory, migration and renewal. These themes permeate their work, not as direct polemics but through discreet visual avenues that include colour relationships, the arrangement of space, or how motifs, including elements such as line, and structure may be thought of and used. Within this framework, their practices are driven by a dialetic relationship between an inherited visual vocabulary and new possibilities afforded by the language and processes of abstraction. As such, colour for example, is not only a formal element in their work but also a link to memory, cultural practices and place. This multifaceted approach to formal elements in sculpture and painting is what Saad and Vlavianos identify as ‘a deep visual echo or resonance’.