Risham Syed is a part of the exhibition ‘Manzar- Art and Architecture from Pakistan since 1940s to today’, at National Museum of Qatar.
Here the painted surface is a post card like painting of an oil tanker on fire (referring to the everyday news) that expands its dialogue with the past through the Victorian chair, a symbol of power, class and authority in history.
This work is part of a show titled 'Manzar- Art and Architecture from Pakistan since 1940s to today' , at National Museum of Qatar. Grateful to be part of this landmark exhibition curated by Caroline Hancook and Zarmeene Shah.
Spanning over eight decades, this groundbreaking exhibition traces how artists and architects have forged diverse personal and political languages, in dialogue or disjunction with regional styles and international art and world histories. The interconnections with scenes, individuals and communities in the subcontinent and on a global scale are testament to the strength of art withstanding imposed and desired divisions or movements. The land that is geographically defined as present-day Pakistan is an ancient one, even while the country is young
