Grown up in Bangladesh, and now living in France reminds him of his origins and his memories associated with that time. The objects used in his works, such as plants, weeds, shells, butterflies, dragonflies, feathers, silk, muslin, shapes and patterns are his roots.
Avoir grandi au Bangladesh, et maintenant vivre en France lui rappelle son origine et ses souvenirs associés à cette époque. Les objets utilisés dans ses œuvres, comme les plantes, les mauvaises herbes, les coquillages, les papillons, les libellules, les plumes, la soie, la mousseline, les formes et les motifs représentent ses racines.
Le genre et la sexualité sont deux choses différentes qui s’expriment dans de multiples nuances. Aucun d'entre nous ne devrait avoir à se soucier qu'une partie de nos identités annule une autre. Nous devrions être en mesure d'exister visiblement dans toute notre gloire complexe et fascinante.
Les œuvres d'art de Xecon Uddin explorent notre relation à notre propre physicalité, en observaant l'étrange et l’inconnu dans le corps, le sexe et les notions de normalité. L'artiste enquête sur le corps humain et la fluidité de la sexualité et du genre pour créer des photographies, des peintures et des installations qui remettent en question les demandes d'identité du soi intérieur et extérieur. En outre, il met en évidence la visibilité de la diversité dans l'orientation sexuelle et l'identité de genre.
An individual’s identity consists of multiple, intersecting factors, including gender, religion, race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality. The human body is central to how we understand facets of our identity. People alter their bodies to align with or rebel against social conventions and to express messages to others around them. Human beings are not born just once. Life is a constant rebirthing process, a journey. With each step, we piece together our evolving identities.
Migrating from Bangladesh to France was, for me, a rebirthing process from which a new life, a new identity and new thoughts arose. I draw from the experience of migration using the cycle of ‘Reincarnation’ as a metaphor reflecting fragmented identities. The cycle of connections from one life to the next, and the tenuous boundaries between them, is explored through the prisms of religion, guilt, violence, authority and fragility.
Every morning we are confronted with the same sad news: violence, crime, wars, and disasters. I cannot recall a single day without a report of something terrible happening somewhere. Even in these modern times it is clear that one’s precious life is not safe. No former generation has had to experience so many bad news as we face today; this constant awareness of fear and tension should make any sensitive and compassionate person seriously question the progress of our modern world.
The increasing loss of our basic human rights, of our compassionate and humane approach to others is only a prelude to the great catastrophe to come, unless the world rejects violence as a means of resolving conflict and commits itself to non-violent conflict resolution.
While I cannot stop all this ongoing violence I can at least spread a message of peace. A message that can bring people together, for all to join hands and minds for a less violent world and a more peaceful future.
Let’s Think Peace, Imagine Peace, Spread Peace and Act Peace.