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Anila Quayyum Agha
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Anila Quayyum Ahga is best known for her award-winning sculptural work that uses laser-cut metal to articulate traditional floral forms. Tear Drop – Aqua (after Robert Irwin) (2018), a two-dimensional suspended sculpture that creates intricate shadows, represents this aspect of her practice. Also included are three large embroideries incorporating metallic thread and gold beads onto handmade paper. These works are consistent with her concerns, as she has long explored sacred geometry and the circular form in various materials and dimensions. Alluding to feminist and South Asian aesthetic traditions, the delicacy of this body of work engenders primal anxieties about our survival.

Selected Works
Tear Drop – Aqua (After Robert Irwin)
2018
Cut and lacquered Stainless steel and light bulbs
106.7 x 106.7 cm (42 x 42 in)
Exhibitions
Between Spirit and Magic
Jan 26
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Mar 16, 2019