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Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven
Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven is the most comprehensive exhibition to date of this important Pakistani-American visual artist. It surveys two decades of the artist鈥檚 practice across media, including sculpture, embroidery, painting and drawing. Comprising nearly forty artworks drawn from key public and private collections, the exhibition illustrates the conceptual throughlines across the artist鈥檚 practice鈥攊nterwoven concerns regarding belonging, access to knowledge and divine presence, and mutual solidarity. Whereas previous presentations of Agha鈥檚 work have focused on the artist鈥檚 signature light box pieces, for which she first gained critical and popular acclaim, this presentation will contextualize her signature light box pieces amongst her larger body of work.
Agha鈥檚 work prompts collective feelings of wonder and contemplation, disarming audiences with their splendor and allowing them to ponder deep questions regarding the history of women and the role of spirituality. She visually references wide-ranging sources and historical moments that center the interconnectedness of human stories, from the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain to medieval Venice to the American Light and Space movement of the 1960s. Her art demonstrates how the union of cultures can produce aesthetic spaces welcome to all.
Organized by the Westmoreland Museum of Art, Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven will travel to the Wichita Art Museum before its presentation at the Michener.
Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven is organized by The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. The exhibition is curated by Jeremiah William McCarthy. Presentation of the exhibition at the Michener Art Museum is coordinated by Laura Turner Igoe and Joshua Lessard.
Major support for Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven at the Michener Art Museum is provided by Richard C. von Hess Foundation, Tim Griffith and Anne Corso, Alex and Pat Gorsky, Jim McKinney, Bucks County Tourism Grant Program, and Coby Foundation, Ltd., with additional support from Bucks County Foundation.
Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven is made possible by generous support from the Henry Luce Foundation, the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Hillman Foundation, the Heinz Endowments, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Fine Foundation.
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Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven is the most comprehensive exhibition to date of this important Pakistani-American visual artist. It surveys two decades of the artist鈥檚 practice across media, including sculpture, embroidery, painting and drawing. Comprising nearly forty artworks drawn from key public and private collections, the exhibition illustrates the conceptual throughlines across the artist鈥檚 practice鈥攊nterwoven concerns regarding belonging, access to knowledge and divine presence, and mutual solidarity. Whereas previous presentations of Agha鈥檚 work have focused on the artist鈥檚 signature light box pieces, for which she first gained critical and popular acclaim, this presentation will contextualize her signature light box pieces amongst her larger body of work.
Agha鈥檚 work prompts collective feelings of wonder and contemplation, disarming audiences with their splendor and allowing them to ponder deep questions regarding the history of women and the role of spirituality. She visually references wide-ranging sources and historical moments that center the interconnectedness of human stories, from the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain to medieval Venice to the American Light and Space movement of the 1960s. Her art demonstrates how the union of cultures can produce aesthetic spaces welcome to all.
Organized by the Westmoreland Museum of Art, Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven will travel to the Wichita Art Museum before its presentation at the Michener.
Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven is organized by The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. The exhibition is curated by Jeremiah William McCarthy. Presentation of the exhibition at the Michener Art Museum is coordinated by Laura Turner Igoe and Joshua Lessard.
Major support for Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven at the Michener Art Museum is provided by Richard C. von Hess Foundation, Tim Griffith and Anne Corso, Alex and Pat Gorsky, Jim McKinney, Bucks County Tourism Grant Program, and Coby Foundation, Ltd., with additional support from Bucks County Foundation.
Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven is made possible by generous support from the Henry Luce Foundation, the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Hillman Foundation, the Heinz Endowments, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Fine Foundation.
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