Born in Birmingham (1985) to Indian migrants and now living and working between Birmingham and Glasgow, Pandhal uses wall drawings, small and large-scale drawings on paper and animations to create mythical narratives that explore the complexities of contemporary culture, class, racial violence and power. Pandhal’s drawings introduce audiences to a rabble of creatures conjured and mutated from an ambitious range of sources – religion, video games, comics, mainstream music – from the Sikh martyr Baba Deep Singh to black metal. This multilayered exhibition will feature a site-specific wall drawing that snakes and wraps around the entire gallery, as well as other new drawings alongside earlier work by the artist. In these, the whimsical and serious vie for attention, whilst exploring the transformative forces of migration, colonialism and cultural assimilation.
TALK: Hardeep Pandhal & Anita Dawood in conversation
4 March 2025, 6:30-8pm