Suhail Shaikh: Paper My Wishes
Cut, fold, glue.
Paper artist Suhail Shaikh transforms the simple sheet of paper into multidimensional artworks. His work reflects the ideas, thoughts and reactions that arise from his perception of the evolving world around him.
Explore the figurative and the abstract in this unique exhibition and step into a space where the artist allows his dreams to become reality as he 鈥榩apers his wishes鈥�.
The Many
Central to Suhail鈥檚 exhibition is a paper sculpture of the central section of a Lancaster Bomber. The work has been painstakingly put together to tell the story of WW2鈥檚 Bomber Command and to remember those that gave themselves for our freedom. We want to stop the memory of them from fading. The sculpture is covered in copies of ephemera, donated by veterans, their families and those who wished to assist in the acknowledgement of the sacrifice of so many. The documents help to tell this story in the words and pictures of those who were there.
55,573 young men died flying with Bomber Command during World War Two; that鈥檚 more than those who serve in the entire Royal Air Force today. They came to serve from all over the world, not just from Great Britain but also Canada, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, in total over 62 Nations 鈥� the majority of them still in their late teens. Bomber Command suffered the highest losses of any unit during WWII but have struggled for recognition.
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Cut, fold, glue.
Paper artist Suhail Shaikh transforms the simple sheet of paper into multidimensional artworks. His work reflects the ideas, thoughts and reactions that arise from his perception of the evolving world around him.
Explore the figurative and the abstract in this unique exhibition and step into a space where the artist allows his dreams to become reality as he 鈥榩apers his wishes鈥�.
The Many
Central to Suhail鈥檚 exhibition is a paper sculpture of the central section of a Lancaster Bomber. The work has been painstakingly put together to tell the story of WW2鈥檚 Bomber Command and to remember those that gave themselves for our freedom. We want to stop the memory of them from fading. The sculpture is covered in copies of ephemera, donated by veterans, their families and those who wished to assist in the acknowledgement of the sacrifice of so many. The documents help to tell this story in the words and pictures of those who were there.
55,573 young men died flying with Bomber Command during World War Two; that鈥檚 more than those who serve in the entire Royal Air Force today. They came to serve from all over the world, not just from Great Britain but also Canada, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, in total over 62 Nations 鈥� the majority of them still in their late teens. Bomber Command suffered the highest losses of any unit during WWII but have struggled for recognition.
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