In 2019 Ali Kazim, one of the most exciting contemporary artists working in Pakistan today, became the first South Asian artist-in-residence at the Ashmolean Museum. Drawing inspiration from the objects in the Eastern Art collections, and their contextual history, he saw his time in the Museum as an opportunity to reimagine the objects in his own work and practise. Thus, the exhibition and accompanying catalogue will focus mainly on Kazim’s engagement with the Ashmolean collections and the works created between 2019 and 2021. Widely exhibited and collected internationally (including the British Museum, V&A, Metropolitan Museum, Queensland Art Gallery, etc.), Kazim lives and works in Pakistan. The exhibition and book provide the Museum an opportunity to engage wider diverse audiences, while also presenting the works of a contemporary multidisciplinary artist who reflects and draws strength from the Ashmolean collections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A discussion of artistic and philosophical reflections on the constructions of space and identity in the work of Ali Kazim.
Foreword
\nAcknowledgements
\nIn conversation with Ali Kazim
\nSouth Asia: Opening our eyes to ourselves
\nTim Hitchens
\nThe museum is open
\nFaisal Devji
\nAli Kazim’s series Ruins
\nEmilia Terracciano
\nAli Kazim and archaeology
\nPeter Stewart
\nALI KAZIM SUSPENDED IN TIME
\nPortraits beyond space and time
\nChaitanya Sambrani and Mallica Kumbera Landrus
\nThe Conference of the Birds and its artistic legacy
\nFrancesca Leoni and Mallica Kumbera Landrus
\nThe Conference of the Birds and people in tropical cities
\nNishant Kumar
\nChronology
\nCompiled by Lauren Winch
\nContributors
\nReferences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5523],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29475","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-by-author-mallica-kumbera-landrus","8":"publisher-ashmolean-museum","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n