Aicon Gallery presents  Rasheed Araeen's solo exhibition 'Before and After Minimalism, 1959 - 1974'. The exhibition ranges from works he made in Pakistan such as ' My First Sculpture' to key minimalist works such as 'Sculpture No.1', 'First Structure' and 'Second Structure'. The exhibition then traces Araeen's introduction of the kinetic into minimalism, through works such as 'Char Yar' and 'Lovers' and finally, works that started to leave the confines of the studio entirely.

Araeen has had solo shows at institutional spaces such as the Ikon Gallery (1987), the South London Gallery (1994) and the Serpentine Gallery (1996). In 2007 the Tate purchased and displayed works from the late 1960s. In 2011 Araeen will exhibit in 'Modern British Sculpture' at the Royal Academy, curated by Penelope Curtis.  It is now fifty years since Araeen produced 'My First Sculpture' and with the current institutional recognition that his work is now receiving it seems a good time to return to the works themselves and re-look at them closely in order to begin to understand the various and overlapping accounts and artistic journeys that can be described as Modernism.

Private View
Thursday 16th September
6:30 - 9pm