Surface Handling, opening at the Dunlop Art Gallery on April 6, brings together the ancient and revered with the modern, youthful and irreverent, but for once past and present do not clash, but rather coexist in beautiful harmony.

Artists Diyan Achajadi and Brendan Lee Satish Tang are of mixed cultural heritage. The many strands that comprise their cultural identity influence the materials, techniques, and topics represented in their work. With a strong appreciation for traditional media – Tang is a ceramicist and Achjadi is a printmaker – both artists commit to the labour and processes necessary to their respective crafts. Their works conjure the past, while providing relevant reflections on cultural, technological, and environmental issues of the present.