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Haroun Hayward, Nightdrive through Babylon (Sunflower and the Sun), 2023

Haroun Hayward

Nightdrive through Babylon (Sunflower and the Sun), 2023
Oil paint, oil stick, oil pastel, and gesso on panel
Framed: 94 x 63.5 x 4.8 cm
37 x 25 x 1 7/8 in
The title refers to a 1985 Model 500 track, ‘Night Drive (Thru-Babylon) – exemplary of Detroit techno. The bottom left part of the painting has two rectangles with cut out...
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The title refers to a 1985 Model 500 track, ‘Night Drive (Thru-Babylon) – exemplary of Detroit techno. The bottom left part of the painting has two rectangles with cut out chevrons, the unusual fragment nods to the avant-garde movement of vorticism. In this area of painterly flourish, Hayward reimagines a 1942 work, ‘Sunflower and sun’ by Paul Nash. In Hayward’s own versions of quintessential British landscapes, the small scale and great level of detail speaks to his training in Indo-Persian miniature painting. Emulating embroidery, the bottom right section is a textural patterning referencing a Suzani fabric from Uzbekistan.
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