The Jump takes inspiration from Hollywood action superhero films and the domestic setting of Hetain Patel’s grandmother’s home.
We find Hetain Patel dressed in a homemade Spiderman outfit leaping off his grandmother’s living room sofa as his extended family look on.
Shot in slow motion with an orchestral soundtrack taking it into the realms of epic cinema, The Jump simultaneously imitates the production values of big budget action movies, while revealing the artist’s hopes and dreams. In doing so, it creates a space that reflects our collective desire for shared experiences and role models, while also reminding us of his family’s leap of faith when they migrated to the UK in the 1960s.
Our exhibition also includes newly created paintings by Hetain Patel that further expand on themes and ideas raised in the film.
Biog
Hetain Patel’s practice explores the subtle and often humorous complexities of life, and identity formation has been central to his concerns since the beginning of his career.
His films, sculptures. live performances, paintings and photographs have been shown worldwide in galleries, theatres and iconic public screens including Piccadilly Circus, London and Times Square, New York. His works have been presented at the Venice Biennale, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing and Tate Modern, London. His video and performance work online have been watched by over 50 million times, including his TED Talk entitled ‘Who Am I? Think Again’.
Patel is represented by Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, is a supported artist at Copperfield, London. He is winner of the Jarman Award (2019), Kino Der Kunst Festival Best International Film (2020), and was selected for the British Art Show 9, (2021/22). In 2021 Patel received a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award, a Henry Moore Foundation Award, declined a British Empire Medal and was a judge on the Sky TV Arts series ‘Landmark’.
Recent projects include ‘Don’t Look at the Finger’, Tate St Ives (2023), ‘Finding Family’, Foundling Museum, London (2023), and Milk, Wellcome Collection, London (2023) and Hobby Cave with Artangel, London (2024 and ongoing).
To find out out more visit Hetain Patel’s website here.
