Blown glass vessels with lily flowers are held by metal structures above volcanic rock-like strata in this sculpture by Emii Alrai

Languor of Eidolons

Blown glass vessels are held by metal structures above volcanic rock-like strata in this sculpture by Emii Alrai

Fugitives

Sprig

Sentinel

Details of Royal Flush a 4 part mixed media panel painting by Simeon Barclay

Installation shot of Royal Flush a 4 part mixed media panel painting by Simeon Barclay

Royal Flush

Detail of a framed ink on paper work by Ibrahim El-Salahi

A framed ink on paper work by Ibrahim El-Salahi

Illustration no. 9 for Tayeb Salih’s novel Maryud

A painting by Wang Pei of a girl swimming with head part submerged

Sojourn

A detail image of “Suspended Being’ an oil on canvas painting by Wang Pei which depicts the head of a swimming girl, half submerged in water

Suspended Being

Detail of a hand painted print of a found photograph, by Ingrid Pollard

A hand painted found photograph by Ingrid Pollard

FOREST

A portrait of Simeon Barclay holding a transparent overhead projector acrylic that says 'plus so much more' backwards in marker pen in front of his face.

Portrait of Ibrahim El-Salahi by Beth De Woody

Workplace is pleased to present Though floating on water, a group exhibition including work by Emii Alrai, Simeon Barclay, Wang Pei, Ibrahim El-Salahi and Ingrid Pollard.

The exhibition will reimagine the relationship between the body and the landscape, questioning inherited ideas of ownership, history and belonging. Through a diverse set of practices including photography, sculpture, installation and painting the exhibition will reflect upon how history, and representation shape our understanding of our land and our space within it.

Though floating on water investigates who is visible, who is remembered, and the material traces that remain. The title of the exhibition is drawn from the novel Season of Migration to the North by the prolific Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih, author of Maryud, the novel for which Ibrahim El-Salahi’s illustrations were produced.

Installation view of Though floating on water at Workplace

United Kingdom

London

WORKPLACE

Engage with 'Though Floating on Water,' featuring Emii Alrai, Simeon Barclay, Wang Pei, Ibrahim El-Salahi, and Ingrid Pollard. Examine body, landscape, and perception.

Though floating on water

Artworks

Related Artists

Emii Alrai

Simeon Barclay

Ibrahim El-Salahi

Wang Pei

Ingrid Pollard

London

Newcastle