Moderate Enlightenment, 2009
Imran Qureshi
Moderate Enlightenment, 2009
Opaque watercolour and gold leaf on wasli paper
51 x 24 cm
Installation view
Collection of Ali and Amna Naqvi
Photo by Alfredo Rubio
Overview
Imran Qureshi painted this series of portraits when he realised that after 9/11, the world insisted on segregating religious people. One form of segregation to which Qureshi points in his work revolves around choices in clothing or activities. He notes that 'a religious person wearing camouflage socks is perceived as threatening, but in other cases, it is mere fashion.'
Quereshi's work challenges narrow-minded assumptions that exist on a societal level and complicates traditions of art making, specifically the perceived disparity between miniature painting and contemporary art.
April 2011
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 10
Artwork Images
Moderate Enlightenment
Imran Qureshi
2006
Opaque watercolour and gold leaf on wasli paper
38 x 30 cm
Collection of Julie Thornton
Image courtesy of the Artist
Moderate Enlightenment
Imran Qureshi
2007
Opaque watercolour and gold leaf on wasli paper
21 x 15 cm
Image courtesy of the
Collection of Ali and Amna Naqvi
Moderate Enlightenment
Imran Qureshi
2007
Opaque watercolour and gold leaf on wasli paper
21 x 15 cm
Image courtesy of the Artist
Collection of Ali and Amna Naqvi
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