Lot 421: Untitled

Untitled Pigment colours on wasli paper Signed and dated lower right, framed behind glass 27.9 x 14cm (11 x 5 1/2in). Painted in 2009

27.9x 14cm

: Waseem Ahmed: Silver Bullet, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, 22nd January - 27th February 2010

: Sharpe, Gemma. Waseem Ahmed: Silver Bullet, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, illustrated no. 20

: Purchased from Laurent Delaye Gallery

This lot by Pakistani artist, Waseem Ahmed, is a jocular commentary on the politics of the purdah. This piece empowers the figure and taunts ideas of the controlling male gaze, by brazenly looking back through an alluring female gaze. The veiled faceless women is given an identity through the imploring eyes at the top of the painting. Ahmed trivialises and deconstructs the religious cant which oppresses and homogenises women. Ahmed has exhibited internationally, having graduated from National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore. His miniature painting training is apparent in his composition and use of colour. The page is tea stained to create the impression of age, whilst containing a highly topical subject matter.