New York, NY, USA. 13th May, 2013. A large-scale-site-specific work of art by Imran Qureshi an artist known for his unique style of combining motifs, symbolism, and ornamental techniques of Islamic art with modern conceptual approaches - is the 2013 installation on The Iris and B. Gerlad Cantor Roof Garden at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, opening May 14th. Entitles The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi, the project represents the artist's emotional response to violence occuring across the globe in recent decades and his earnest hope for regeneration and lasting peace in the aftermath
May, 13th, 2013, New York, NY, USA : A large-scale-site-specific work of art by Imran Qureshi an artist known for his unique style of combining motifs, symbolism, and ornamental techniques of Islamic art with modern conceptual approaches - is the 2013 installation on The Iris and B. Gerlad Cantor Roof Garden at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, opening May 14th. Entitles The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi, the project represents the artist's emotional response to violence occuring across the globe in recent decades and his earnest hope for regeneration and lasting peace in the aftermath of man made disasters. Using the nearly 8,000-square foot open-air space as his canvas, Qureshi has worked areas of his spilled and splattered red acrylic paint into patterns of lush ornamental leaves that evoke the luxuriant walled gardens that are ubiquitous in miniatures of the Mughal court, Qureshi is the first artist to create work that is painted directly onto the roofs surface, and visitors will be encourages to walk om it as they view it.
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Photo credit: © Scott Houston / Alamy / Afripics
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