Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology Oxford OX1 2PH
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology Oxford OX1 2PH
Open 7 Feb–26 Jun 2022
Gallery 8
Admission is FREE, but a free Museum ticket is required
This exhibition is informed by the time Ali Kazim, one of the most exciting artists working in Pakistan today, spent in the Ashmolean.
During a residency in 2019, Kazim spent days browsing through the Museum’s South Asian collection, examining several objects up close. Kazim’s engagement with the material and visual traditions – for example, how a small clay sculpture or a fingerprint can connect us, directly and viscerally, to the people who originally made and used them – encourages us in turn to reflect on how the past informs and influences the present.
Curated by Dr Mallica Kumbera Landrus, Keeper of the Department of Eastern Art and Senior Curator of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art, in collaboration with the artist, the exhibition will feature Ashmolean objects alongside paintings, sculptures and installations by Kazim. The exhibition coinsides with the 75th anniversary of Pakistan’s creation.
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue supported by the Elie Khouri Art Foundation.
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ALI KAZIM Suspended in Time FREE EXHIBITION
Open 7 Feb–26 Jun 2022
Gallery 8
Admission is FREE, but a free Museum ticket is required
This exhibition is informed by the time Ali Kazim, one of the most exciting artists working in Pakistan today, spent in the Ashmolean.
During a residency in 2019, Kazim spent days browsing through the Museum’s South Asian collection, examining several objects up close. Kazim’s engagement with the material and visual traditions – for example, how a small clay sculpture or a fingerprint can connect us, directly and viscerally, to the people who originally made and used them – encourages us in turn to reflect on how the past informs and influences the present.
Curated by Dr Mallica Kumbera Landrus, Keeper of the Department of Eastern Art and Senior Curator of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art, in collaboration with the artist, the exhibition will feature Ashmolean objects alongside paintings, sculptures and installations by Kazim. The exhibition coinsides with the 75th anniversary of Pakistan’s creation.
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue supported by the Elie Khouri Art Foundation.
All Images: © Ali Kazim, Courtesy Jhaveri Contemporary