"Food, a daily need, links us all as humans, yet what we eat makes us unique as communities." Anjum Malik

The exquisite bronzes and pencil drawings in Hussain's Temporal Moments reveal familiar items of food as poignant artifacts in reflecting cultural identity. Co-presented by inIVA and Cafe Gallery Projects London and taking place at both venues, the exhibition celebrates the foods and spices native to Hussain's birthplace in Punjab, Pakistan. Through perfectly rendered garlic, chillies, and walnuts and gold leaf cloves the artist explores his upbringing in a "Pakistani oasis" in Yorkshire.

Professor Brian Falconbridge, President of the Royal British Society of Sculptors says of the work, "Hussain offers a glimpse into his inherited world as mediated through the wider experience of later childhood and decades of adulthood in Britain. These bronzes speak eloquently of the family table, the closeness of shared meals, the palimpsest of fullness…"

ABOUT KABIR HUSSAIN

Kabir Hussain is a master founder who has over 15 years of experience casting bronze sculptures for his own work as well as for other leading contemporary artists. He was born in Pakistan in 1960. He studied at the Leeds College of Art (1979-80), South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education, Cardiff (1980-83), and Chelsea School of Art (1983-84). He has exhibited in Britain and abroad since 1984, and is currently working at AB Fine Art Foundry, London a post he has held since 1994. His work is currently included in Sculpture in the Park as part of The British Art Show.

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