Anila Quayyum Agha : interwoven / Jeremiah William McCarthy with Salima Hashmi, Nadia Radwan, Javaira Shahid, and Rafia Zakaria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, Jeremiah William, author.

Hashmi, Salima, author.

Radwan, Nadia, author.

Shahid, Javaira, author.

Zakaria, Rafia, author.

Contributor:

Westmoreland Museum of American Art, host institution.

Wichita Art Museum, host institution.

James A. Michener Art Museum, host institution.

Frist Art Museum (Nashville, Tenn.), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agha, Anila Quayyum 1965---Exhibitions.

Agha, Anila Quayyum.

Mixed media (Art)--Exhibitions.

Mixed media (Art).

Art, Pakistani.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Interwoven

Place of Publication:

Greensburg, Pennsylvania : The Westmoreland Museum of American Art ; Brooklyn, New York : Dancing Foxes Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Spanning two decades of the multifaceted work of Pakistani American visual artist Anila Quayyum Agha (born 1965), Interwoven documents immersive installations, embroidery, drawings, paintings and wall sculptures. Such visual gateways, the "patterns used to break patterns," as the New York Times put it in a recent profile on the artist, poetically convey the contradictions and layered dimensions of the American journey. Whether immersive rooms of light or delicate, intimate drawings, Agha's works prompt feelings of wonder, disarming audiences with their beauty and allowing them to ponder deep questions regarding themes such as the history of women, the role of spirituality and the immigrant experience. The book includes essays that explore Agha's work through the lenses of biography, feminism and art and architectural history." -- Amazon

Contents:

Foreword / Silvia Filippini-Fantoni

Interwoven / Jeremiah William McCarthy

Tapestry / Salima Hashmi

Behind the beauty of the surface / Nadia Radwan

Intersectional artist / Rafia Zakaria

The liminal space of hope / Javairia Shahid.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, October 6, 2024-January 5, 2025, Wichita Art Museum, Kansas January 26-April 20, 2025, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, September 6, 2025-January 11, 2026, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, May 22-August 30, 2026.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Agha, Anila Quayyum 1965- Works. Selections.

ISBN:

1954947151

9781954947153

OCLC:

1481602141