Muhammad Zeeshan|Posternama

Elisabetta Marabotto of Saffronart shares a note on Muhammad Zeeshan’s current exhibition at Latitude 28

Muhammad Zeeshan, Vidya, 2013

Muhammad Zeeshan, Vidya, 2013. Image Credit: http://www.latitude28.com/index.php/works/newarrival/945

London: Latitude 28 in New Delhi is currently hosting Muhammad Zeeshan solo exhibition: Posternama.

The exhibition includes Zeeshan’s recent body of work which is inspired by miniatures’ imageries such as myths, stories of saints and martyrs and scholars which have been reinterpreted by the artist’s austere sensibilities and transformed into contemporary miniatures.

Muhammad Zeeshan, Buraq I, 2013

Muhammad Zeeshan, Buraq I, 2013. Image Credit: http://www.latitude28.com/index.php/works/newarrival/934

 

Zeeshan said about his work: “I am using poster images found locally within our culture. These imageries consist of mythical creatures and human. Within the Sufi culture lies a lot of fantastical stories. Using these stories, random local artists and believers have given their own faces to the Sufis and creatures, illustrating the time, events and landscape. I am using those posters to research and explore my own technique.”

Muhammad Zeeshan, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, 2013

Muhammad Zeeshan, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, 2013. Image Credit: http://www.latitude28.com/index.php/works/newarrival/939

 

The artist started his career as billboard painter and then studied miniature art at National College in Lahore. For this exhibition he experimented laser scoring which made his work meditative, almost spiritual.

Muhammad Zeeshan, Buraq II, 2013

Muhammad Zeeshan, Buraq II, 2013. Image Credit: http://www.latitude28.com/index.php/works/newarrival/935

The exhibition is on until January 5. For more information click here.

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