Artist Imran Qureshi’s site-specific installation ‘Deen o Duniya’ takes over Karachi Biennale 2022!
[Karachi: 8th November 2022] Globally celebrated artist Imran Qureshi proudly presents ‘Deen o Duniya’ – The Sacred and the Earthly; a site-specific installation at the ongoing Karachi Biennale 2022.
In ‘Deen O Dunya’, Imran Qureshi captures video projection and sound-based work to interpret and showcase boundaries of religious rituals, culture and modern technology merged in a carnivalesque form.
“‘Deen o Duniya’ – The Sacred and the Earthly is an installation I would be humbled for everyone to experience. It is one where residents of a local neighborhood go through profound physical and emotional experiences when their homes, streets, and entire neighborhoods undergo an intense transformation.” said Imran Qureshi.
Indeed, Imran Qureshi expands the language of miniature painting in the form of such site-specific installations, three-dimensional works, videos, and paintings. His work continues to be firmly rooted in the tradition of miniature painting.
Deen o Duniya can be visited at Hamid Market – one of the 9 venues of the 2022 Karachi Biennale from now – 13th November, between 10:00 am – 5:00 pm on weekdays, and from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on weekends.
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About Imran Qureshi
Imran Qureshi, Pakistan’s pre-eminent international visual artist, was born in Hyderabad, Pakistan and earned a BFA at the National College of Arts Lahore with Distinction in 1993. He started teaching at the same institution shortly after. Imran Qureshi has exhibited both locally and internationally for over twenty-five years and has managed to greatly expand the language of miniature painting, both in its traditional form as well as other iterations such as site-specific installations, three-dimensional works, video installations, performance art and paintings. His work has been shown in more than 130 exhibitions in public institutions and his artwork has been collected by global museums and public collections.
In 2011 he was awarded with the Sharjah Biennale 10 Art Prize-2013, Deutsche Bank Artist Of The Year Award-2013, Medal Of Arts Award by The State Department Washington DC-2017 and Asian Art Game Changer Award by Asia Society Hong Kong & New York-2019 and the Sitar-e-Imtiaz conferred by Pakistan in 2020. His earliest award includes the Haji Muhammad Sharif Award for Miniature Painting-1993 at the NCA Lahore. His permanent public art commission In Pakistan is a two hundred feet mural displayed at the Islamabad International Airport.
