in Frieze London , Videos | 15 OCT 21

Works by Sunil Gupta, Hetain Patel and Billie Zangewa Acquired by Contemporary Art Society at Frieze London 2021

This year the CAS Collections Fund at Frieze is supporting the Harris Museum and Art Gallery in Preston

in Frieze London , Videos | 15 OCT 21
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Four works that consider family life have been acquired by the Contemporary Art Society at Frieze London in support of the Harris Museum and Art Gallery in Preston. The Harris Museum and Art Gallery felt that this was an especially crucial time to acquire an artwork that explores family life and all that it means to come of age in 2021.

Sunil Gupta, Shalini, Rudi, Sunil, Léo, 3425 Stanley, c. 1974. Pigment print on archival paper, print: 26.7 x 40 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Hales Gallery.
Sunil Gupta, Shalini, Rudi, Sunil, Léo, 3425 Stanley, ca. 1974. Pigment print on archival paper, print: 26.7 x 40 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Hales Gallery. 

Two 1974 photographs by Sunil Gupta (Hales Gallery), one that show the artist with his parents, and one with his partner and ‘chosen family’.

Hetain Patel's Baa’s Gold (Family portrait), 2021. Acrylic and lacquer on board, 89 x 125cm.Courtesy of the artist and Copperfield, London.
Hetain Patel, Baa’s Gold (Family portrait), 2021. Acrylic and lacquer on board, 89 x 125cm. Courtesy of the artist and Copperfield, London. 

The second work acquired is a family portrait born out of a traumatic event by Hetain Patel (Copperfield) and a hand-stitched silk collage by Billie Zangewa (Lehmann Maupin) depicting a child with his uncle.

Billie Zangewa, Sweetest Devotion, 2021. Hand-stitched silk collage, 106 x 137 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin.
Billie Zangewa, Sweetest Devotion, 2021. Hand-stitched silk collage, 106 x 137 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin. 

 

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