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A wide view of the gallery space, in the foreground a wooden wall like structure, beyond that a custom made projector screen can be seen hanging from the ceiling with a video projected onto it.
An image entering the exhibition, in the foreground a wooden wall like structure wrapped in translucent plastic can be seen, beyond that a custom made projector screen can be seen hanging from the ceiling with a video projected onto it.
A custom made wooden projection screen hangs from the ceiling onto which a video is projected, in the background a slide projector sits on a custom made wooden plinth projecting a single image of a bag of fruit.
A custom made wooden projection screen hangs from the ceiling onto which a video is projected, a wall like structure covered in translucent plastic sits in the background.
A custom made wooden projection screen hangs from the ceiling onto which a video is projected.
Two stand alone wall structures made of wood wrapped in translucent plastic stand at an angle from one another. Small family photographs can be seen attached to the wood.
Two wooden wall like structures are seen from a side angle, in the background a slide projector sits on a custom made wooden plinth projecting a single image of a bag of fruit. There is a grey curtain to the right of the image.
A slide projector sits on a custom made wooden plinth. It projects a single image of some soft fruit in a bag. The image is sepia and orange in tone.
Close up of a wooden wall structure covered with translucent plastic. A series of old family photographs can be seen attached to the wood.
Close up of a wooden wall structure covered with translucent plastic. A small old portrait style photograph of a young child can be seen attached to the wood.
A close up of a custom made seating platform with a light blue textile with dark blue sun like patterns.
A wide view of the gallery space, in the foreground a wooden wall like structure, beyond that a custom made projector screen can be seen hanging from the ceiling with a video projected onto it.

Exhibition view, 2018, Rami George and Tako Taal.

An image entering the exhibition, in the foreground a wooden wall like structure wrapped in translucent plastic can be seen, beyond that a custom made projector screen can be seen hanging from the ceiling with a video projected onto it.

Exhibition view, 2018, Rami George and Tako Taal.

A custom made wooden projection screen hangs from the ceiling onto which a video is projected, in the background a slide projector sits on a custom made wooden plinth projecting a single image of a bag of fruit.

“Halo Nevus” and “Residue”, 2018, Tako Taal.

A custom made wooden projection screen hangs from the ceiling onto which a video is projected, a wall like structure covered in translucent plastic sits in the background.

“Untitled (the wars in Lebanon)” and “Untitled (before, during after)”, 2018, Rami George.

A custom made wooden projection screen hangs from the ceiling onto which a video is projected.

“Untitled (the wars in Lebanon)”, 2018, Rami George.

Two stand alone wall structures made of wood wrapped in translucent plastic stand at an angle from one another. Small family photographs can be seen attached to the wood.

“Untilted (before, during, after)”, 2018, Rami George.

Two wooden wall like structures are seen from a side angle, in the background a slide projector sits on a custom made wooden plinth projecting a single image of a bag of fruit. There is a grey curtain to the right of the image.

Exhibition view, 2018, Rami George and Tako Taal.

A slide projector sits on a custom made wooden plinth. It projects a single image of some soft fruit in a bag. The image is sepia and orange in tone.

“Residue”, 2018, Tako Taal.

Close up of a wooden wall structure covered with translucent plastic. A series of old family photographs can be seen attached to the wood.

“Untitled (before, during, after)”, 2018, Rami George.

Close up of a wooden wall structure covered with translucent plastic. A small old portrait style photograph of a young child can be seen attached to the wood.

“Untitled (before, during, after)”, 2018, Rami George.

A close up of a custom made seating platform with a light blue textile with dark blue sun like patterns.

Seating platform designed by Tako Taal, 2018.

Rami George and Tako TaalInherited Premises

Gallery25 May – 3 August 2018

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Inherited Premises was a two-person show by artists Rami George and Tako Taal that seeks to articulate both personal and national narratives, situating itself between moments of civic rupture and socio-familial histories.

Making reference to domesticity, language and ideas of nationhood, both artists explore lineages in relation to broader understandings of political traumas including conflict, war and imperialism.

As George moves towards a meditation on the spectre of Civil War within the Lebanese diaspora, Taal looks to linguistic boundaries and folklore in her understandings of matrilineal relations in Gambian culture. 

Curated by Associate Curator Seán Elder.

This exhibition was generously supported by Arts Council England, Creative Scotland, The University of Pennsylvania and The Elephant Trust.