{"id":216939,"date":"2025-12-29T21:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/216939\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T21:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:13:09","slug":"stanmore-artist-selected-from-nearly-4000-entries-for-national-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/216939\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanmore artist selected from nearly 4,000 entries for national exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Stanmore-based artist has been shortlisted for the John Ruskin Prize 2026, with his work selected from nearly 4,000 entries from across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Ravi Modi, who is based in <a href=\"https:\/\/harrowonline.org\/tag\/Stanmore\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stanmore<\/a>, will have his artwork exhibited at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London from 29 January to 21 February 2026. The exhibition is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The John Ruskin Prize is one of the UK\u2019s leading exhibitions for contemporary art. It is awarded to artists whose work reflects social engagement, critical thinking and the spirit of John Ruskin, the Victorian art critic and social thinker. Each year, a panel of judges selects a shortlist from thousands of submissions, with works shown publicly as part of a national exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>Ravi\u2019s shortlisted piece reimagines the historic Snellen eye chart as a bronze sculpture. The work explores themes of vision, memory and perception, and challenges ideas around what is considered \u201cnormal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5878.jpeg\" alt=\"Stanmore artist selected from nearly 4,000 entries for national exhibition Harrow Online\" width=\"1290\" height=\"1455\"   title=\"Stanmore artist selected from nearly 4,000 entries for national exhibition Harrow Online\"\/>Image supplied by Ravi Modi.<\/p>\n<p>In an artwork statement, Ravi said: \u201cWhat do you see?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt echoed not only from ophthalmologists but from everyone around me after I lost an eye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the piece took more than a year to complete and revisits the original 1862 eye chart, which was designed around standardisation and conformity. The bronze used in the sculpture comes from his archaeological hometown, adding historical weight to the work.<\/p>\n<p>Ravi said: \u201cThe chart doesn\u2019t ask what one sees, but how closely one conforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his artist statement, Ravi reflects on how losing an eye shaped both his life and practice.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWhat might seem like a limitation has, in fact, become a methodology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5877.jpeg\" alt=\"Stanmore artist selected from nearly 4,000 entries for national exhibition Harrow Online\" width=\"1290\" height=\"817\"   title=\"Stanmore artist selected from nearly 4,000 entries for national exhibition Harrow Online\"\/>Ravi Modi art.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming exhibition at Trinity Buoy Wharf will showcase shortlisted artists from across the UK, with Ravi\u2019s work standing alongside other contemporary pieces selected for their originality and depth.<\/p>\n<p>  \ud83d\udce9<br \/>\n  <br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-1-e1749297433790.png\" alt=\"Stanmore artist selected from nearly 4,000 entries for national exhibition Harrow Online\" style=\"max-width: 200px;margin: 10px auto\" title=\"Stanmore artist selected from nearly 4,000 entries for national exhibition Harrow Online\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333\">Get the latest breaking news, roadworks, crime updates and local events straight to your inbox \u2013 totally free, every day.<\/p>\n<p>SIGN UP below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Stanmore-based artist has been shortlisted for the John Ruskin Prize 2026, with his work selected from nearly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[2273,307,304,305,306,308,93,70181,52210,61,60,43,112661],"class_list":{"0":"post-216939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-art","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-artsdesign","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-harrow","16":"tag-harrow-online","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-stanmore"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}