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Artist Statement:
The most beautiful part is
that it invents itself.
Simultaneoulsy, it re-invents
us. The most intriguing part
is that it is re-occuring:
continuously becoming -
therefore necessarily evolving
and revealing. It is
shameless because it reveals
itself through us without
permission, without the
necessity of qualification and
without the ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Broadway Gallery
473 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY
LURE Group Exhibition
June 16-30, 2008
Marziart Internationale
Galerie
Hamburg, Germany
July 2008
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EXHIBITION ARCHIVES
1990 Windsor Printmakers
Forum:
Annual Mini Print
Exhibition: Honourable Mention
1990 Carrousel of Nations
Exhibition
Windsor, ON
1990 Multicultural Society of
Windsor & Essex County...
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Artist Reviews:
NY ARTS
September/October 2008
Volume 13, No. 9/10
THE ILLUSIVE LURE
By Milton Fletcher
(Excerpt)
Drawing on theoretical
discourse related to the
semantics of desire and
difference, curator Basak
Malone constructs a platform
for multiple investigations of
liminal space through LURE,
recently presented at Broadway
Gallery in SoHo. ...
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Ko Bhamra Biography:
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Raised within the juxtaposition of two worlds, both Indian and North
American, East and West, Ko Bhamra's art is informed by a concrete
sense of contradiction and synthesis. She liberates oppressive aspects
of both her Indian and North American heritage with the empowerment of
her strong sense of individuality which, in turn, is fortified by
resources she draws from both cultures. In doing so, she is able to
negotiate the bankruptcy of the modern western spirit by drawing on the
spiritual awareness of her eastern heritage, while at the same time
embracing western notions of political freedom in order to undermine
the social injustices in the east. Ultimately criticizing both worlds
for their dependency on the oppression of women, Ko seeks to liberate
the minds of both women and men through an aesthetic experience that
concretizes her vision of transcending the categorizations which
oppress us and inhibit our connectivity-including race, gender, class
and sexuality. Ko's work indicates the possibility of alternative
visions for our lives (especially for women) in her ability to
restructure our understanding of space through color. In Rebecca
Kendall's words (of ROOM Magazine), she is "restructuring perception
through creative expression." Her work embodies the movement of both
desire and liberation as its feminine figures lead us out to the edges
of the canvas and into a future beyond the constraints of this moment.
Living in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, bordering the city of Detroit,
Michigan, USA, Ko has been exhibiting her work for over a decade. Her
paintings defy static representation-marked with an expression of dance
in what she describes as "bursts which fuse into pulses that emanate
and illuminate the impulses and intuitions that guide us." Drawing on
the rich musical life and history of Detroit, Ko's work echoes in
paint, the innovative sounds of the artists who revolutionized music in
house and techno. Her many commissions include a record label for
Anthony Shakir of Seventh City Records, Detroit, MI.
In addition to her work as an artist, Ko has completed an
undergraduate degree in Philosophy (B.A. Hons.), as well as a Law degree (LL.B.), and
a Masters in Philosophy in which she has pursued
numerous philosophical projects including work in the areas of
Existentialism and the Philosophy of Art.
. Athena V. Colman
Assistant Professor
Brock University
c 2001
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