Exhibition Launch

Join us to celebrate the launch of Ikon’s new exhibitions:

Mahtab Hussain: What Did You Want To See?

Htein Lin: Escape

Commissioned by Ikon and Photoworks, Mahtab Hussain’s exhibition features new work, including Hussain’s systematic documentation of 160 Birmingham mosques, revealing the diversity of mosque architecture; portraits of Birmingham residents which highlight the city’s vibrant Muslim community; a communal space within the gallery aimed at fostering inclusion and intercultural dialogue; and What Did You Want To See? an installation simulating a space under surveillance.

This exhibition is supported by the John Feeney Charitable Trust and Freelands Foundation.

Ikon presents a major solo exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Htein Lin from Myanmar. Evoking his lifelong commitment to documenting human experience in difficult times, it shows a comprehensive selection of the artist’s paintings made while he was a political prisoner from 1998 to 2004 on prison uniforms and found textile, alongside drawing, sculpture, video and new work. Htein Lin also makes new artworks with residents of HMP Grendon, Buckinghamshire, exploring prison art in Britain and Myanmar.

This exhibition is supported by the British Council through the Connections Through Culture grants programme and ai. gallery.