Imran Qureshi: Beauty and carnage
In the Studio takes us into the minds and processes of leading and emerging figures from across the creative world.
An internationally renowned artist from Lahore in Pakistan, Imran Qureshi is a master of the very delicate and the very brutal: combining tiny brushstrokes inspired by the 16th Century Mughal masters with large-scale installations evoking the carnage left after a bomb attack, his work has the power to shock and intrigue in equal measure.
An unlikely friendship connects him with Christian Louboutin, one of the worldβs best-known shoe designers, whose trademark red-soled, beautifully crafted pumps are worn by the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow and Rihanna.
For this programme, Christian meets Imran at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, a huge warehouse turned art gallery in Paris. It is the venue of a major solo exhibition, and Christian joins Imran as crates are unpacked and last-minute changes made to individual paintings and the exhibition as a whole, with some new work inspired by the bomb attacks on two mosques in New Zealand in March 2019.
βThere is an element of violence in the work,β Imran says, βat the same time, when you get close to it, it becomes poetic as well.β
He has even brought a piece of his studio with him from Lahore, which becomes part of his installation in its own right β and as he and Christian discuss each otherβs art, it emerges that these two creative giants have a surprising amount in common.
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- Tue 16 Jul 2019 02:32GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
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