http://www.hamraabbas.com Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:06:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hamra Abbas: Artist Talk organized by Asia Society, Houston Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Tuesday, June 29, 2010 – 7 pm http://www.hamraabbas.com/talk-asia-societycamh/ Hamra Abbas | The Second Annual Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program Conference Harvard University, Cambridge, MA April 17th-18th, 2010 http://www.hamraabbas.com/hamra-abbas-the-second-annual-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-islamic-studies-program-conference-harvard-university/ Hamra Abbas: An Intimate Artist's Talk Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON Friday, March 19, 2010 – 7 pm http://www.hamraabbas.com/talk-rom-2/ Beyond the Page: The Miniature as Attitude in Contemporary Art from Pakistan Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA February 18, 2010 – June 27, 2010 http://www.hamraabbas.com/beyond-the-page/ Exhibition of Contemporary Art from Pakistan to Open at Pacific Asia Museum http://www.hamraabbas.com/beyond-the-page_review/ EVERYDAY MIRACLES (EXTENDED) San Francisco Art Institute, CA October 1, 2009 – January 30, 2010 http://www.hamraabbas.com/love-yourself-sfai/ EVERYDAY MIRACLES (EXTENDED) RedCat, Los Angeles, CA Guest curated by Hou Hanru November 22, 2009 – January 17, 2010 http://www.hamraabbas.com/52/ Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan Asia Society Museum, New York, NY September 10, 2009 – January 3, 2010 http://www.hamraabbas.com/132/ Hamra Abbas: Read Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto Institute for Contemporary Culture Until March 28, 2010 http://www.hamraabbas.com/169/ ICC's Read Provides Another Response to the ROM's Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibition http://www.hamraabbas.com/370/ Contradictions Remain Vital to Pakistan and Its Art by Randy Kennedy The New York Times, September 2, 2009 http://www.hamraabbas.com/ride-2-asia-society-ny/ Visiting Artist Lecture: Hamra Abbas Riley Seminar Room, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston http://www.hamraabbas.com/389/ << click icon for slideshows Cityscapes (2010) – seemingly an ordinary collection of touristy photographs of Istanbul, is made truly ordinary by removing one element that upon first glance generously gives away the city’s character and history. Each shot taken at the crack of dawn is embedded in a narrative that ... http://www.hamraabbas.com/work_cityscapes/ Why do fake hands not clap (2010) consists of a dozen sets of the artist's hands (plaster casts) in clapping motion, and disintegrating as a result. click for video http://www.hamraabbas.com/work_fake-hands/ Love Yourself (2009) is a continuation of the my Love Series. It is an installation of vibrating, toylike fighter jets, missiles, bombs, and bullets that, when switched on together with the neon works on the wall, create a vibrant installation of sound, movement, and light. The background neon reminds us ... http://www.hamraabbas.com/neuer-beitrag-1-fur-works/ Paradise Bath (2009) is a set of 9 photographs, and an outcome of a performance I did during my recent visit to Thessaloniki, Greece. I was immediately drawn to the first Ottoman bath-house built there in 1444. Known as Bey Hammam or Paradise Bath, it stands in the city ... http://www.hamraabbas.com/neuer-beitrag-2-fur-works/ Please do not step: Loss of a magnificent story (2009) is a site-specific work for Victoria and Albert Museum, London. In this work I use the method of storytelling (dastangoi) to tell a tale of loss and legacy, interlaced with elements of satire and humour. Borrowing from the idea of ... http://www.hamraabbas.com/work-3/ In this is a sign for those who reflect (2009) is inspired by my attendances at meditation sessions in Pakistan. Also called zikr, these were primarily meditations of a Sufi tradition. The movement of the walls, synchronizing with the sounds of breathing, recorded at these sessions, can be read or ... http://www.hamraabbas.com/work-25/ White is the New Black (2009) | Digital prints http://www.hamraabbas.com/work-24/ Buffalos in Combat (2008) directly references a 16th C Mughual miniature painting depicting a pair of buffalo with horns locked in battle. The subject matter of this painting was popular during the reign of Emperor Akbar (1556-1605), where artists took pride in depicting vibrant and naturalistic scenes of courtly sports. ... http://www.hamraabbas.com/work-23/