Fenced Horizons

2005
Zia, Partou
Partou Zia’s otherworldly canvases bring a fresh note to the long established tradition of storytelling. Her pictorial language features motifs and symbols including lovers, sleepers, dreamers and readers, placed in evocative interiors or luminous landscapes. Zia’s body of work represents a personal journey of self-discovery, with individual works manifesting as joyous acts of the imagination, gathering all experience and time into a vibrant present. Her use of colour was usually symbolic; for example, she associated yellow with spirituality. Zia often portrayed domestic scenes, incorporating into them her own self-portrait. In Fenced Horizons, 2005 the figure is portrayed in a state of wakefulness, clutching a book, while her shadow sleeps peacefully beside her, seemingly capturing the transitional moment of conscious becoming unconscious.
  • Artwork Details: 150 x 170cm
  • Edition:
  • Material description: Oil on canvas
  • Credit line: © Estate of Partou Zia. Gift of the artist’s estate. Image courtesy of Estate of Partou Zia
  • Theme:
  • Medium:
  • Accession number: ACC39/2019

Share

Close
Artists
Artworks
Exhibitions
Articles
Other

The Arts Council Collection is the UK's most widely seen collection of modern and contemporary art.

With more than 8,000 works by over 2,000 artists, it can be seen in exhibitions and public displays across the country and beyond. This website offers unprecedented access to the Collection, and information about each work can be found on this site.