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2008

"I had a mixed background; my mother is a Muslim and my Dad was Christian raised, but more of an atheist! So I grew up with these two very different view points but being raised as a Muslim. I am also fairly white and was raised in a very white town in the south of England, so I think that conflict was in me from a young age. You are made aware you are different from other people, from both communities. I felt very attached to Muslim culture but also felt on the outside of it due to being mixed. So there came a point when I was an adult that I felt the need to express that; it was a way of trying to make sense of it. I think many Muslims living in western countries feel quite similarly. I did this visually by juxtaposing traditional Islamic imagery with pop culture references to highlight this contrast and somehow convey the conflict."

David Tennant in Sarah Maple’s Nazi Sexy Shark Show (airs October 14th)

SARAH MAPLE

“Thoughts and Prayers,” a solo exhibition of works by artist Sarah Maple, coming to UNTITLED art gallery opening January 22, 2019. on view till February 3, 2019.  bold, brave, mischievous and occasionally controversial artworks that challenge notions of identity, religion and the status quo.

‘Labour of Love’ is a visual depiction of the 650 times our baby was fed over three months. There are 650 images of myself and my baby, each representing a feed, each with a hand finished element covering my face such as nappies, paint, stitching and collage. The aim is to highlight the sheer volume of work that is expected of mothers and to challenge people to rethink the value of the time spent. I did live performance where I wrote the number of each feed on each individual piece. Raising a child is seen as a female task, not a real job. Thus unpaid and undervalued. Addressing this and rectifying the situation is the unfinished work of feminism."

Sarah Maple, Fighting Fire with Fire Number photograph