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What Isn’t Socially Engaged? Visual artist Faisal Abdu’Allah talks with Sarah Tuck 1/2
Create Learning Development Talks Series at the LAB
What Isn’t Socially Engaged?
Faisal Abdu’Allah in conversation with Sarah Tuck, director of Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts
As part of the Create Learning Development Talks Series at the LAB, Faisal Abdu’Allah an artist whose work evolves primarily from the interface of photography, the printed image and lens-based installations, explores some of the issues of the descriptions of what constitutes socially engaged art.
Abdu’Allah appropriates iconography from popular culture to constantly reposition values and ideologies pertaining to representation. Recent projects include: Britannia Works (Xippas Gallery, Greece 2004), Garden of Eden (Chisenhale Gallery, London 2003). He graduated in Fine Arts at the Royal College of Art in London. He is a recipient of the “Decibel Visual Arts Award” (Visual Artist 2004-5) and is currently Artist in Residence at The Serpentine Gallery London.Faisal Abdu’Allah in conversation with Sarah Tuck, director of Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts
Recording Date: 24-Apr-2009
Running Time: 41 minutes 27 seconds
