Miya Ando

Natural indigo and pure silver on paper, painting of the moon over the mountains

2023

Anila Quayyum Agha All the Flowers are for Me - Burgundy, 2016 Laser-cut encaustic embroidery on paper 21 x 21 inches 53.3 x 53.3 cm AQA038 Anila Quayyum Agha examines issues of global politics, cultural identity, mass media and gender roles in her multidisciplinary practice. The Pakistani-American artist is best known for her immersive, large-scale light installations in which she laser-cuts elaborate patterns into three-dimensional cubes. Suspended and lit from within, the cubes cast lace-like, floor-to-ceiling shadows that completely transform the surrounding environment, alluding to the richly ornamented public spaces such as mosques that Agha was excluded from as a female growing up in Lahore. In addition to her suspended light installations, Agha also creates wall-mounted sculptural works, including her Flowers series (2018) that explores love and loss inspired by the mixed emotions she experienced following her son’s wedding and mother’s passing, events that happened in the same year. Although these works may appear decorative, they are imbued with meaning, from the floral patterns that express the beauty and femininity of her mother, to the metallic threads commonly used for wedding dresses in Pakistan. The visual elements collectively amplify the interplay between the matrimonial and the funereal, and by extension, the larger cycle of life. To produce these elaborate works, Agha laser-cuts vibrantly hued encaustic paper with intricate patterns and adorns them with light-reflecting embroidery and beads. These exquisitely detailed drawings are framed within shadow boxes, allowing light to pass through the cut-outs and cast patterned shadows in a manner similar to her large-scale light installations. The framing and shadows allow these works to transcend their two-dimensionality. Anila Quayyum Agha has an M.F.A. in fiber arts from the University of North Texas. She has exhibited her work across the globe, including in the 2018 Kansas City Biennale, curated by Dan Cameron; the Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts; the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York; the Dallas Contemporary Art Museum, Texas; the National Museum of Sculpture, Valladolid, Spain; and the Cheongju Craft Biennale, Korea. Her work is in the collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio; the Grand Rapids Art...

Sohan Qadri Path III, 2004 ink & dye on paper 60 x 46 152.40x116.84 cm SQ224(0458) Artist, poet and Tantric guru Sohan Qadri (1932-2011) is one of the only internationally acclaimed...

Anila Quayyum Agha Flowers (Orange Circle), 2017 Mixed media on paper (encaustic orange circle with pink beads in center) 29.5 x 30 inches 74.9 x 76.2 cm...

Robert Natkin For Duke Ellington, 1978 Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas 27 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches RNa005

Sohan Qadri Kanaka, 2010 Ink and dye on paper 55 x 39 139.70x99.06 cm SQ811[HK] Artist, poet and Tantric guru Sohan Qadri (1932-2011) is one of the only internationally acclaimed ar...

Sohan Qadri Circumabulation II, 2002 Ink & dye on paper 39 x 27 inches SQ620[stg] Artist, poet and Tantric guru Sohan Qadri (1932-2011) is one of the only internationally acclaimed ...

Abstract expressionist painting of a lily pond. This painting is a continuation of Yektai's Silver Pond series, but instead of using his usual oversized canvas, Yektai created a silv...

Primary Colour Series- White Butterfly ( It's just Another Stage of Life) is Shizico Yi's latest project, inspired by Japanese woodblock Print and the a nod to calligraphy tradition....

Maggie Laporte Banks. Magenta Mischief [2002] original Acrylic on canvas and silver leaf Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:50 cm x D:1.5cm So...

PaperLandscape is a series of artworks inspired by landscape and nature, nature and the passage change over time, we change nature and nature changes man the connection between man ...

Textured abstract landscape achieved through layered materials by Annis Allen (American, 1922-2018). Signed by the artist, lower left: "Annis Allen." Presented in a dark mauve paint...

Illusion is always on the other side of the line of reality. It changes reality into discovery with different perspectives. This discovery of illusion is reflected in the artist’s wo...