Renaissance iconography and traditional Indian dance converge when a crimson sari of intense contrast folds and contours around the dancing figure of Bengali artist Bisakha Sarker MBE. Do not yet fold your wings questions, with astute honesty, what it means to be a woman over 70 in contemporary British society. Projected in a raw concrete enclave, sandwiched between two sets of stairs in Liverpool’s historic Bluecoat building, three video projections explore the necessity of living life meaningfully. Sarker’s body, veiled with intensely lit fabric reminiscent of that of 17th Century master painters, is the sole focus in this somewhat elegant display.
Springboarding from the pioneering research of Dr Atul Gawande's 2014 Reith Lectures - a medical standpoint of how to live one’s life without compromise - Sarker set out to dance her own Late Style in this performative installation.
Conceived by The Baring Foundation, Late Style is aimed at establishing a nationwide endeavour to fund artists over 70 to challenge preconceptions of old age and what is expected of the elderly
Springboarding from the pioneering research of Dr Atul Gawande's 2014 Reith Lectures - a medical standpoint of how to live one’s life without compromise - Sarker set out to dance her own Late Style in this performative installation.
Conceived by The Baring Foundation, Late Style is aimed at establishing a nationwide endeavour to fund artists over 70 to challenge preconceptions of old age and what is expected of the elderly