Abu Jafar- Hope@ Beam, Wakefield UK, Sculpture show from 5 July to 9 October 2010.

OPENING DAY 28 July 5 pm- 9pm

As part of Wakefield’s Summer of Culture 2010, Beam has commissioned Visual Artist and Sculptor, Abu Jafar to exhibit a 5 part sculptural installation HOPE at Beam Gallery. This mixed-media installation is located in The Orangery garden and will reflect Jafar’s response to the changing urban landscape of Wakefield – particularly the new Merchant Gate development in which The Orangery is situated.

Open: 9.30 am -4.30 pm Monday - Friday

Beam
The Orangery
Back Lane
Wakefield
WF1 2TG Tel\ 01924 215 550

Abu Jafar - HOPE @ Monnow Valley

These projects is a site-specific Installation form of sculpture containing 5 & 7 total 12 structures. The presentation combines paintings, drawings, blown glass, fused glass and pure interaction with its natural surroundings. ABU JAFAR - HOPE is going to exhibit through out this summer at the Monnow Valley Sculpture garden, Herefordshire and Beam Sculpture Park, Wakefield. The latest extensions have added some new dimension to the installation. Wonder through the windows and look beyond.

Jafar sculpture is about celebrating our ever-changing curiosity of mind and symbolises the beauty that keeps us wonder in every step we make and every angle we look. It is the endless journey to find a betterment of our unknown needs. The journey to in which we are going through our hopes and visions, each day creating a new chapter and looking forward to seeing something more that is undisclosed. Every structure signifies metaphorically the letter H for hope, and the window on the structure signifies a window of opportunity driving endlessly forward. Some ornaments of this sculpture will reflect the beauty of the nature and light the way it beam throw in our memory and our every day life today. These sculptures are all about nature wonder where our mind explores like biomedical science reading through pulse and looking through eyes and discover. This sculpture has a sense of finished and unfinished mood that creates a question mark like a jigsaw puzzle. It offers a new way of looking at and discovering.

The installation will be on display until 26 september 2010

Open: Wednesday - Friday 11 am -6 pm,
Saturday & Sunday 2-5 pm

Entrance to the exhibition and ground by donation
Donation £5 are requested to cover the cost of the event and refreshments.

Entrance free to Patrons & Friends

Monnow Valley Arts Centre
Walterstone, nr Abergavenny, Herefordshire
HR2 0DY
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)1873 860 529
info@monnowvalleyarts.org
www.monnowvalleyarts.org

Sculpture ‘Falling Leaves’ created by Abu Jafar in collaboration with Ewa Wawrzyniak. This sculpture comprises 5 structures made with plywood, ornamented with fused glass, and black lines. It has been placed in the ground like an abstract flying bird wing that allows the public to go through and wonder around each structure in every direction to enjoy the link with the thinking process that excites us. Particularly this sculpture has a sense of finished and unfinished mood that creates a question mark like a jigsaw puzzle.

This sculpture resembles the wing of the sculpture ‘HOPE’ which will be exhibited in 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, UK in 2011 has been highlighted in Channel 4’s Big Art Mob web (http://bigartmob.com/latest/).

Every structure signifies metaphorically the letter H for hope, and the window on the structure signifies a window of opportunity driving endlessly forward. This sculpture is about celebrating our ever-changing curiosity of mind and symbolises the beauty that keeps us wonder in every step we make and every angle we look. It is the endless journey to find a betterment of our unknown needs. The journey to in which we are going through our hopes and visions, each day creating a new chapter and looking forward to seeing something more that is undisclosed.

Abu Jafar at the GSK (Glaxo Smith Kline) New Frontiers Science Park Harlow, UK start from 24th September till 24 November.

Sculpture ‘Wonder Nature’ by Abu Jafar in collaboration with Ewa Wawrzyniak. This sculpture comprises 7 structures made with plywood, ornamented with blown glass, chicken wire, stones and black lines. (Each structure is 180cm tall, 80cm wide, 30cm deep) It has been placed in the ground like an abstract flying bird wing that allows the public to go through and wonder around each structure in every direction to enjoy the link with the thinking process that excites us. Particularly this sculpture has a sense of finished and unfinished mood that creates a question mark like a jigsaw puzzle.

This sculpture resembles the wing of the sculpture ‘HOPE’ which will be exhibited in 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, UK in 2011 has been highlighted in Channel 4’s Big Art Mob web (http://bigartmob.com/latest/).

Every structure signifies metaphorically the letter H for hope, and the window on the structure signifies a window of opportunity driving endlessly forward. This sculpture is about celebrating our ever-changing curiosity of mind and symbolises the beauty that keeps us wonder in every step we make and every angle we look. It is the endless journey to find a betterment of our unknown needs. The journey to in which we are going through our hopes and visions, each day creating a new chapter and looking forward to seeing something more that is undisclosed.

Installation with hundreds of dummy mobiles sponsored by 20:20 Mobile UK

Sculpture with 27 structures will be made with steel and bronze, 26 of which will represent the last 26 Olympic venues. The main structure will comprise three dynamic plates which represent each time the Olympics has been held in London. Each plate will be linked with a strait line, which is the representation of our goals, our achievements, and the anticipation of our future steps. This line will be ornamented with the name of 544 British Olympic Gold medal winners. Each plate will be 20.12 m tall, which is the representation of the year 2012. This will be the main body of the sculpture. The other 26 structures (each structure will be 2 m tall, 80cm wide, 26cm deep) will be placed in the ground like an abstract flying bird, in a way that allows public to go through and wander around each structure in order to enjoy the historical link between past and present. While they walk, there will be background music played by an automatic sensor system. This music will be collected from all over the Yorkshire region. There will be an opportunity in all the structures for school and community groups to make some pattern to represent themselves as an ornamental object that will be carefully redesigned so as to be incorporated into the sculpture.

Every structure will signify metaphorically the letter H for hope, and the window on the structure will signify a window of opportunity and beyond. The sculpture is about our journey - how we go through our hopes and visions, each day creating a new chapter and looking forward to seeing more. It is a journey that reflects our past and future through our ambitions and reflects what best we could do to harmonies ourselves.

It is a hope and ambition that drives us every day to create and enjoy the moment and leave our legacy for the future. Since1896 there have been 26 Olympic games and each one creates a legacy for the next. It simplifies our vision, involves others in the creative process and celebrates togetherness in art, in sport and in beauty.

Hope is the sculpture of a journey that celebrates the creative process and honours others in visual arts. It is a window of HOPE, where the sun's ray will come and go, rain will fall, cloud will brush through and our hopes will continue to smile on us.

Installation with papers and line drawing

Abu Jafar - On my Way
Sculpture with 12 wooden structures, line drawing, blown glass, stone and nature. The sculpture is about 50 meters long. Exhibit at the Botanic Garden at The Leicester University 08