RESEMBLE REASSEMBLE (2010)
Story of the Making
For the show Resemble Reassemble, artist Rashid Rana curated works of forty-five Pakistani contemporary artists from the Collection. The term ‘Contemporary Art in Pakistan’ covers an extremely broad and diverse spectrum. In the early years of independent Pakistan, colonial influences fused with the inevitable post-colonial quest for regional identity to produce a very distinct traditionalism. However, the last several years have seen the emergence of a kind of art which is in touch with international artistic currents, less focused on parochial issues of genre and identity and more geared towards the understanding and mindsets of today’s more globalized audiences. For this show Rashid Rana, worked remotely with an architect making a 3D rendition of the space, creating a maze that ensured that no more than 2 works should be visible at the same time This put the onus on the artistic and the visual, rather than the general topical politics of the works. The usual India-Pakistan conversation was amiss, for a change.
Highlights
This exhibition explored how the artworks can also be viewed outside the context of particular identities and how the resemblances in the works when juxtaposed and reassembled, produce meanings which are universally true in ‘visual thinking’.
Participating Artists:
Abdullah M.I. Syed, Adeela Suleman, Ahsan Jamal, Aisha Khalid, Ali Raza, Amber Hammad, Anwar Saeed, Asma Mundrawala, Attiya Shaukat, Ayaz Jokhio, Ayesha Zulfiqar, Bani Abidi, Ehsan ul Haq, Fahd Burki, Farida Batool, Ferwa Ibrahim, Hamra Abbas, Huma Mulji, Huria Khan, Imran Ahmad Khan, Imran Mudassar, Imran Qureshi, Iqra Tanveer, Ismet Khawaja, Jamil Baloch, Mariam Ibraaz, Masooma Syed, Mahbub Shah, Mehr Javed, Mehreen Murtaza, Mahreen Zuberi, Mohammad Ali Talpur, Muhammad Zeeshan, Naiza H Khan, Nazia Malik, Noor Ali Chagani, Nusra Latif Qureshi, Rabbya Nasser, Raju G.C., Risham Syed, Roohi Ahmed, Saira Wasim, Sajjad Ahmed, Shalalae Jamil, and Unum Babar
