In September 2014, Prem Sahib participates at the 10th Gwangju Biennale, Korea. The title given to the Biennale by curator Jessica Morgan is ‘Burning Down the House’, and seeks to explore the process of burning, transformation and rebirth, a cycle of obliteration and renewal which has been witnessed throughout history. Sahib offers viewers a collection of his sculptures and paintings addressing in characteristic fashion the themes of formalism, sexual identity and queer culture. 

For his first institutional solo exhibition in London, Prem Sahib presented a group of works in the Lower and Upper Galleries at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in late 2015. Each of the works, in sculpture, paint and performance, was permeated by a palpable sense of the body and human touch. The works, as is often the case with Sahib, were minimal and sparse in colour and, rather than offer a figurative representation of the body, invariably sought to replace or stand in for it.

 

ICA London

The Arnolfini Centre for Contemporary Art in Bristol presents a new solo exhibition celebrating Bristol-based artist Richard Long. The show includes sculpture, drawing, photography and text works that date from 1967 to the present. The exhibition also includes two major new works: a large sculpture made from Cornish slate and a wall work made with mud collected from the River Avon.

The Leopold Museum will present the first comprehensive exhibition in Vienna featuring more than 80 works by Tracey Emin together with a selection of drawings by Egon Schiele.