Risham Syed | BHANGIAN WALI TOPE (INSTALLATION 2008)

Risham Syed is a Lahore-based artist who uses painting, as well as other mediums to explore difficult questions of history, sociology, politics, and post-colonial identity.

south asian artist, risham syed, women artist, Lahore-based artist, associate professor, head of the department, SVAD, BNU, Seven Seas

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Risham Syed

BHANGIAN WALI TOPE (INSTALLATION 2008)

Kim’s Gun

Diptych

1: Quilt (72″ x 72″) 19th-century map of Lahore printed on cotton filled with synthetic American wool.

2: Painting 19″ x 23″ in a Chinese faux gilded frame.

A museum-like painting of the legendary ‘Bhangian Wali Tope’ or ‘Kim’s Gun’, following the November 2007 events, seems animated with the smoke coming out of it. It is juxtaposed with a quilt that has two superimposed maps of Lahore; one from the 19th century British India and a current one.

Bhangian Wali Tope played havoc on many a battlefield for more than hundred years, before being taken over and put on display on the Mall by the British in the 19th century.

Installation View

Deatil: Painting

Detail: Quilt