Farida Batool "Maa Tujhe Salaam (Hail to Mother): Recent Works"
Aicon Gallery
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The works of Farida Batool serve as metaphors for the political upheavals and tumultuous history of her country. They identify with the fear that is spread throughout Pakistan and the many citizens who have suffered at the hands of the regime, yet when away, Batool is constantly confronted with her feelings of guilt, and nostalgia for her homeland. She magnifies and examines these emotions in her use of lenticular prints (3-d holographic photographs) as a medium. Their double-faceted layering allows the viewer to reflect upon the artist's duel perspective, where the injustices of living in both the East and West are scrutinized. Alongside the lenticular prints will be a new series of work entitled "Song of Love: Sohni Dharti." These mixed-media creations of digital images and pencil drawings show a pregnant belly superimposed onto drawings of military operations in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. The pregnant belly is emblematic of motherhood, protection and one's homeland, whilst the ghostly images of death and destruction rise to the surface in an eerie yet poignant manner. Such gender orientation features strongly in Batool's work as she calls upon her own experiences as a female citizen of Pakistan and the discrimination to which she was subjected while there.
[Image: Farida Batool "Sohni Dharti 1" (2009) lenticular print 59.5 x 19.75 in.]
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Schedule
from September 11, 2009 to October 10, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-09-11 from 20:00 to 22:00