Dominique Rey’s practice
encompasses the interplay between identity, site and culture
within British and Islamic personal histories. The work examines the fragility of life, the closeness of death and notions of an afterlife. Rey traces the resonance of once inhabited
spaces and points to the varying ways that these may be interpreted
by those who follow. History may be a mutative process created from
suppositions and subjective, edited, narratives that are themselves
formed from fragments pieced together. Entwined within
this process is the paradoxical closeness of fact and fiction, polarities
that may often become interchangeable. Rey exhibits in varying sites
relevant to her specific interests and also within galleries. Recent
works have involved a medieval merchant's house, old textile patterns and most
notably, an airfield.