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Published in artnowpakistan, November 2013 …We chitchat a bit about the complexities of academic options for teenagers and move to viewing an upcoming work when Syed mentions that she is looking forward to the Dhaka Art Summit. An image of …

Published in Frieze Magazine, Issue 156 In the age of Facebook and group emails, who doesn’t love receiving postcards? They provide an old-fashioned glimpse into the life of a faraway friend and, in Risham Syed’s first solo exhibition in India, …

Published in Art Now, 8 February 2013 “…..Risham Syed’s work in “Metropolyptical: A Tale of a City” is quietly political. Housed in Mumbai’s Project 88, Syed’s postcard-sized paintings and awkwardly large photo-based jacquards in their industrial frames evoke a sense …

Published in Time Out Mumbai, 1 February 2013 Large tapestries woven to create stills of municipal construction and postcardsized drawings of unfinished housing make up Lahore artist Risham Syed’s first Indian solo, Metropolyptical: A Tale of a City. The Abraaj …