The solo show by Pakistani artist Imrana Tanveer ‘I saw two crows building a nest under his hat’

Imrana Tanveer / Courtesy of the Artist

Imrana Tanveer explained the concept behind the exhibition: "My work portrays mere feeling of Hope and Peace in the paradigm of hubbub, drones and uncertainty. We are living in a time when our internal and international sovereignty is on the verge of demolition. Over the years we have compromised and made peace with those who feared us and we have become so numb that we continue to build and live under gazillion scared shadows."

Her works includes pieces that represent a range of expressions, including juxtaposing, imitating different imageries, using metaphors, and parody. Few of the works include an apparent visual muffle such as ‘Golden Moustaches’, ‘Red Vector Chair’, ‘An Eye Here an Eye There’ and ‘Black Cat, White Cat’.

Imrana Tanveer / Black Cat, White Cat, paper and thread, 3x4 feet, 2013 / Courtesy of the Artist

Imrana Tanveer / Left: Golden Moustaches / Right: Migration, paper and thread, 3x4 feet, 2013 / Courtesy of the Artist

The other set of Imrana Tanveer's work includes ‘Eating of Adam’s Sons’, ‘Smashhh’, and ‘Oh Really!’ ‘The Great Wave Over and Over Again’, ‘Big Brother is Watching You’, ‘Thirty silver Coins’ and ‘The Scream of The Scream’. Imrana Tanveer explained "The idea was to appropriate renowned artworks and its satirical combination within our local content. The resulting images convey personal, social, religious and political meanings. To fully understand the work, a viewer may need to perceive it in light of multiple contexts. The work which is developing a new visual language that is familiar and new to the viewer at the same time. This is to provide and discuss how Humor has changed over time and how it discovers Thematic Continuities."

Imrana Tanveer / The Great Wave Over and Over Again, paper and thread, 20x11 in, 2013 / Courtesy of the Artist

Imrana Tanveer / Big Brother is Watching You, paper and thread, 20x11 in, 2013 / Courtesy of the Artist

Imrana Tanveer / Smashhh, paper and thread, 20x11 in, 2013 / Courtesy of the Artist

Imrana Tanveer / Oh Really, paper and thread, 20x11 in, 2013 / Courtesy of the Artist

Imrana Tanveer / The Scream of The Scream, paper and thread, 20x11 in, 2013 / Courtesy of the Artist

Imrana Tanveer / Thirty Silver Coins, paper and thread, 20x11 in, 2013 / Courtesy of the Artist

The flag series titled ‘Roads Always Taken’ is an extension of the previous flag series (from last collection) titled “All Roads Lead to None’. The artist interrogates with an unique insight into the current portrayal of the country basing upon the stubborn social and political conversations, focusing on the cruel, canny, humorous, vulnerable and oppressed violent ideas towards humanity and the paths good or bad, long and short always taken to the land of Greens to define the shade of green in their own ways respectively.

Installation view / Courtesy of the Artist

Installation view / Courtesy of the Artist

Installation view / Courtesy of the Artist

Imrana Tanveer

Imrana Tanveer was born '85 in Sialkot. She lives and works in Karachi. She graduated from Textile Institute of Pakistan Karachi as a textile designer in 2008 and skilled in weaving, printing and designing. She has Masters in visual arts from National College of Arts Lahore. Her work is the combination of different techniques and mediums of textiles. The work reflects the present political and social inequality and breakdown of Pakistan that led to the extreme instability, uncertainty, confusion, violence, oppression and killings. Her work is a straight forward comment to what is going on by combining the specific cultural knitting, social narratives and historical contexts combined with popular stereotypes.