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An abstract composition of colourful geometric shapes and lines over a grid. Bold red, blue and yellow bands intersect across a white and yellow background, alongside a cluster of small coloured squares.

Stunning ceramic works from London sculptor Lubna Chowdhary might just make your morning

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Date
5 April 2013

London-based artist Lubna Chowdhary creates bright, visceral installations from vibrantly hand-glazed ceramics that are extremely easy on the eye. Taking inspiration from the aesthetic practices of De Stijl, particularly Mondrian, Lubna’s work is geometric in its construction, taking complex networks of patterns and shapes and transforming them into three dimensional wall hangings. Unlike Mondrian and his counterparts her work is thick with colour, an unashamed chromatic treat.

In respect to the traditions of her craft, Lubna creates all of her work by hand, developing each piece through a rigorous process of research, drawing and collaboration with her clients. The results are crisp and polished but maintain the tell-tale signs of the artist’s hand that always makes hand-crafted work that much more engaging.

An abstract composition of colourful squares and lines on a grey and white background. A grid of white, green, red and black tiles is intersected by bold blue, red and yellow stripes.
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Lubna Chowdhary: Tactic

A geometric composition of glossy ceramic tiles in primary colours. Red, blue and yellow tiles form a grid of intersecting lines and blocks against a white and yellow background.
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Lubna Chowdhary: Tactic

A long, rectangular artwork made of small plastic bricks is mounted on a white gallery wall. It features a sequence of vertical red and yellow stripes on a white background, followed by a large blue section with a pixelated, multi-coloured landscape.
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Lubna Chowdhary: Tactic

An abstract painting featuring geometric shapes in bold colours. A blue circle sits atop a green rectangle on the left, separated from a large dark blue field and a green arc on the right by a thin yellow vertical line.
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Lubna Chowdhary: Cut and Paste

A close-up of a ceramic tile artwork featuring bold geometric shapes. A large yellow circle sits on a green background, next to a strip of black and grey diagonal stripes and a pink vertical band.
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Lubna Chowdhary: Cut and Paste

A close-up of a geometric painting featuring vertical bands of colour. The composition consists of repeating shapes, including light blue circles, brown rectangles, and black dots on an orange background.
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Lubna Chowdhary: Cut and Paste

Two abstract paintings hang side by side on a dark grey wall above a bright blue floor. The works feature bold geometric patterns, including circles, stripes and grids in primary colours.
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Lubna Chowdhary: Cut and Paste

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James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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