Raqib Shaw : Paradise Lost / edited by James Rondeau ; essays by Madhuvanti Ghose and David Lomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Raqib, 1974- artist.

Contributor:

Rondeau, James, editor, author of foreword.

Ghose, Madhuvanti, writer of supplementary textual content.

Lomas, David, writer of supplementary textual content.

Art Institute of Chicago, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shaw, Raqib, 1974---Exhibitions.

Shaw, Raqib.

Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost--Criticism and interpretation.

Milton, John.

Painting, Modern--21st century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Modern.

Shaw, Raqib, 1974-.

Paradise lost (Milton, John).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Exhibition catalogs

Physical Description:

85 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press

Other Title:

Paradise lost

Place of Publication:

[Chicago, Illinois] : Art Institute of Chicago, [2026]

Summary:

"London-based artist Raqib Shaw (b. 1974) creates fantastical yet profoundly personal works that draw upon his Kashmiri heritage and his deep knowledge of art history. This book explores the one-hundred-foot-long painting Paradise Lost, Shaw's most recent work and magnum opus. Premiering in an installation at the Art Institute of Chicago, the painting presents a dramatic narrative--from the loss of an idealized Kashmiri childhood to disillusionment, hedonism, destruction, rebirth, and, ultimately, peace.Stunning new photography, including both details and installation views of the work, offers a glimpse of Shaw's unique technique, using industrial enamel paint for a luminous, cloisonné-like surface. Essays explore Shaw's sprawling autobiographical work through the lens of his multiple Kashmiri, Indian, and British identities; examine the artist's storytelling practice, drawing connections between European art and texts, including John Milton's Paradise Lost and Dante's Divine Comedy; and identify themes of exile, mourning, and the art of painting. This finely wrought publication offers the perfect introduction to the artist through his most ambitious work to date." -- publisher.

Contents:

Foreword and introduction / James Rondeau

Acknowledgments / Madhuvanti Ghose

A garden of blissful solitude: painting, reclusion, paradise / David Lomas

The work

From Jannat to Moksha: the illusory worlds of Raqib Shaw / Madhuvanti Ghose

About the installation / Madhuvanti Ghose

Books that have shaped me / Raqib Shaw

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhbition at the Art Institute of Chicago, June 7, 2025-November 15, 2026.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300286502

0300286503

OCLC:

1577736426

Publisher Number:

CIPO000368656