BLACK SUN: Alchemy, Diaspora and Heterotopia by Shezad Dawood
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Published by Ridinghouse, Devi Art Foundation & Arnolfini (2014) The multiple notions embedded within the black sun – relating to eclipse, transfiguration and alchemy – are explored in this artist’s book conceived by Shezad Dawood. Black sun is a term with multiple meanings; it represents the eclipse of the day, but is also a symbol of esoteric or occult significance used in various belief systems. It is linked to the metaphor ‘dark night of the soul’, which is used to describe a phrase in a person’s spiritual life, marked by a sense of loneliness and desolation, and which can be experienced in particular by those who are marginalised by ethnicity, sexuality and displacement. Accompanying a travelling exhibition, this beautifully produced publication examines structures that look to deconstruct or displace our everyday modes of seeing. £25.00
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