Lot 1605: NUSRA LATIF QURESHI

NUSRA LATIF QURESHI
(B. 1973)
Operative Gestures - II
signed and dated 'Nusra Latif Qureshi 2007' (on the reverse)
mixed media on illustration board
21 x 29.3 cm. (8 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Executed in 2007

New Delhi, India, Anant Art Gallery, Nusra Latif Qureshi, February, 2007.

Nursa Latif Qureshi, exhibition catalogue, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India, 2007, pp. 18-19 (illustrated).

Pakistani artist Nusra Latif Qureshi studied the complex art of miniature painting at the National College of Arts, Lahore. Gathering imagery from Mughal, Pahari and Rajasthani miniatures, the artist examines traditional motifs through contemporary juxtapositions conceived in vivid colour. While her work showcases the artist's exceptional draftsmanship and a mastery of the miniature form, its content offers post-colonial examinations of feminism, tradition and the manipulation of history through imperialism. Operative Gestures - II (Lot 1605) unifies seemingly unrelated elements into an abstracted yet balanced composition which plays with hierarchies of scale and engages with the rich, visual histories of South Asia.