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METROPOLITAN MUSEUMS : Risham Syed’s first India solo, explores the rapid changes in Lahore, and mirrors Mumbai’s confused progress – Phalguni Desai

Posted On: Friday, February 1st, 2013 | by project88pressadmin

Published in Time Out Mumbai, 1 February 2013

Syed Metropolitan

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 Capital Art Prize-winner, whose practice is mainly focused on remnants of cultural/historical inferences and its perception of modern-day Pakistan, inadvertently brings similarities between Lahore and Mumbai to the fore.

Metropolitan Musems : Risham Syed’s first India solo