Risham Syed | UNTITLED LAHORE SERIES
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

UNTITLED LAHORE SERIES

Lahore like all big metropolises in the third world has been expanding at an exponential rate in a couple of decades. It’s the new Lahore that perhaps a person like me who has experienced the old city while growing up cannot fathom. New upper-middle-class quarters have emerged hurriedly over-night.

I have chosen to paint the back walls of these houses that are left unfinished, usually simply cemented or covered in tar. These postcard sized paintings in acrylic question the tradition and subject matter of oil painting and play on the idea of possessing exotic landscapes through painting. These postcards can be potentially carried around in a purse!

UNTITLED LAHORE SERIES (Installation 1).

Steel Rod: 5.5′,    Painting: 7″ x 9″ Acrylic on canvas on aluminum

UNTITLED LAHORE SERIES (Installation 1).

Painting Detail

UNTITLED LAHORE SERIES (Installation 2).

Security Grill (Steel) : 6′,    Painting: 7″ x 9″ Acrylic on canvas on aluminum

UNTITLED LAHORE SERIES (Installation 2).

Painting Detail

Installation View of Untitled Lahore series Paintings 4″ x 6″ each, Acrylic on canvas on board.

Installation View of Untitled Lahore series Paintings 4″ x 6″ each, Acrylic on canvas on board.

Installation View of Untitled Lahore series Paintings 4″ x 6″ each, Acrylic on canvas on board.

Installation View of Untitled Lahore series Paintings 4″ x 6″ each, Acrylic on canvas on board.

Installation View of Untitled Lahore series Paintings 4″ x 6″ each, Acrylic on canvas on board.

Untitled Lahore series Painting 4″ x 6″ Acrylic on canvas on board.

Untitled Lahore series Painting 4″ x 6″ Acrylic on canvas on board.

Untitled Lahore series Painting 4″ x 6″ Acrylic on canvas on board.

Untitled Lahore series Painting 4″ x 6″ Acrylic on canvas on board.

Untitled Lahore series Painting 4″ x 6″ Acrylic on canvas on board.