The work of Prem Sahib (b. 1982, London) embodies a poetic and provocative "destabilised minimalism", referencing the architecture of public and private spaces, structures that shape individual and communal identities, senses of belonging, alienation and confinement. Mixing the personal and political, abstraction and figuration, Sahib's formalism is suggestive of the body as well as its absence, drawing attention to traces of touch and frameworks of looking.
In 2023, Sahib will publish That Fire Over There with Book Works, an artist's book developed from 'Descent', a three-part exhibition at Southard Reid in 2019 - 2020. Recent solo exhibitions include Liquid Gold at Phillida Reid, London (2022) and Semi Permanent Interventions, Magic Stop, Lausanne, Switzerland (2022). Sahib’s work has been shown widely institutionally including solo exhibitions Balconies, Kunstverein Hamburg (2017) and Side On, ICA London (2015) as well in group shows at spaces that include Sharjah Art Foundation, Migros Museum, Whitechapel Gallery, Hayward Gallery, KW Institute of Art, Des Moines Art Centre and the Gwangju Biennale. Their work is in the collections of Tate, The Arts Council, Government Art Collection, UK; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA; Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Norway; X Museum, Beijing, China; and MONA, Australia.
