Dad was born in Nakuru, Kenya in 1944 & Mum in Punjab, India in 1950. They got married in 1972 in Nairobi, Kenya. They arrived in the UK in 1972 & started their life together in a house flat in Wandsworth, London. Being outsiders in an unknown land, they adapted & adopted new ways of living, but never forgot their Sikh faith & found a sense of community in a local gurdwara (Sikh temple) which was being built around the corner from where they lived.…
I recently received a commission to design a logo for the Rita Keegan Foundation which was nice, as it allowed me to re-connect with my graphic design roots and create something meaningful for an artist / legacy project.
I enjoyed the process of researching more into Rita Keegan & her practice over the years, working across print, photography, film, sound, textiles & installation – someone who was quite a trail blazer co-founding the Brixton Art Gallery & becoming an important figure in the Black Arts Movement. …
“We were chucked out on the street, when I was probably 5,6 or 7, lots of us were you know, working class families, didn’t have toys in the house or books to read or paper to draw on, everyone was chucked out onto the street. And we had a box of chalk for hopscotch, and about 5 balls, 3 to juggle, juggle on the wall and we had marbles, we called them ‘Ollies’, one phat one, and lots and lots of them.…
Hope you enjoyed the crazy heat last week, honestly thought no one would turn up to the drop-in sessions being inside n all, but actually, it was that type of heat where you just appreciated a cool / chilled space, which worked out pretty well for me having the sessions between 12-3pm / 3-5pm (The sun being the hottest between 11-3pm usually) attracting some committed folk who enjoyed their time getting proper creative, as I did.…
