Harminder Judge - Latest Solo Show - Review in The Guardian

"Do What Thou Wilt" - the title of prominent Birmingham artist Harminder Judges' latest show, a performance piece at the biannual Spill festival, held at The Barbican London in April 2011, sees Judge meditating on themes of "desire, divinity and the power of magic."

From the Guardians' Lyn Gardner : "This show is a reminder of the role that ritual and ceremonial magic continue to play in popular culture, from the rock concert to Olympic ceremonies, and it makes much use of contemporary instruments of enchantment: dry ice and the laser. For its 21st-century audience, living with our coveted gadgets and gizmos in a largely secular society, it might bring to mind Arthur C Clarke's Third Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." We all 

yearn for a little black magic in our lives."

Read the rest of the Guardian review here

Harminder won the Arts Foundation Fellowship Award in Performance & Live Art 2011 with his solo show "The Modes of Al-Ikseer" ; "As a British born Sikh artist, Judge is fascinated by the enduring appeal of faith and spirituality and likes to question the power and relevance of timeless myths and rituals. He explores the space that faith inhabits, both physical and metaphorical, in a post modern and largely secular society."

As a well known face on the Birmingham arts scene and co-founder of Grand Union, the artist led gallery and studio in Eastside, Digbeth, Judge continues to delight and we wish him congratulations on his latest performance and look forward to his continued success.

Visit his website here.