Alberta Pane Gallery is pleased to exhibit Politics of the Gaze, a solo show by artist Gayle Chong Kwan, from 5 April to 17 May.
This exhibition presents two distinct yet interconnected works that explore the politics of the gaze through colonial histories, non-human senses, mythical creatures, and the artist’s own severe visual myopia. A Pocket Full of Sand (2024) is a multipart installation that investigates the colonial gaze, architectures of power, extractive tendencies, and ecological deep time through the islands of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean and the Isle of Wight in the UK. In Cyclops (2024) Chong Kwan uses photography, sculpture, and print to explore digital surveillance, art history, and expanded visuality in talismans, amulets, totemic images and mythical creatures.
A Pocket Full of Sand by Gayle Chong Kwan is commissioned and supported by John Hansard Gallery and Film and Video Umbrella.
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
