Shahryar Nashat: Start Begging

A subtle, pink filter on the windows of the x-room sets the tone of the exhibition Start Begging on several levels: literally, as it floods the room in flesh-coloured light, and metaphorically, hinting at a general preoccupation with the body and all its connotations – such as flesh, tissue, membranes, motor functions and desire. The exhibition title, Start Begging, frames these many double positions and oppositions as well as the power plays they involve: between object and image, between camera and body, between different materialities – and possibly even between work and viewer.

More info: https://www.smk.dk/en/exhibition/shahryar-nashat/

Picture: Shahryar Nashat, Start Begging in the x-room at SMK. Installation view, 2019, photo: Anders Sune Berg