Rasheed Araeen
Lovers in Regent's Park, 2021
Poweder coated steel
100 x 240 x 240
39 37/100 x 94 49/100 x 94 49/100
39 37/100 x 94 49/100 x 94 49/100
Further images
'Lovers in Regent's Park is most unusual in the body of my works using lattice structures. In most works I begin with symmetrical units, and when they are put together...
"Lovers in Regent's Park is most unusual in the body of my works using lattice structures. In most works I begin with symmetrical units, and when they are put together they form a symmetrical work, according to a preconceived idea. But for the work for Frieze, I begin with 4 asymmetrical units, and then they are put together, by going through various formations without preconceived ideas, until they become a symmetrical work. It now comprises a cube in the centre which sits on the floor, while the triangles project themselves from 4 sides of the cube. It was quite difficult to arrive at its final stage, and what came out of it gave me a surprise."
Rasheed Araeen, August 2021
The interlocking sections are open prisms constructed out of a series of triangles, rotated and orientated in different ways. 'Lovers in Regent's Park' demonstrates Araeen's Development of a minimalist tradition which he first engaged with in the 1960s.
Rasheed Araeen, August 2021
The interlocking sections are open prisms constructed out of a series of triangles, rotated and orientated in different ways. 'Lovers in Regent's Park' demonstrates Araeen's Development of a minimalist tradition which he first engaged with in the 1960s.
Exhibitions
Frieze Sculpture 2021, 14 September - 31 October 2021, Grosvenor Gallery, LondonRWA, Bristol, Rasheed Araeen, Conscious Forms, 25 May - 11 August 2024
The Heong Gallery, Cambridge, Rasheed Araeen, The British Story, 17 October - xx
Cambridge, The Heong Gallery, Rasheed Araeen: A British Story, 18 October 2024 – 2 February 2025, (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue)