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Dispatches from the Edge/End of the World,
Multimedia installation;
fibreglass, aluminium, deco paint, artificial polyester leaves,
12 inch black and white TV set, speakers, wires
Video on loop 00:07:43 min
Dimensions variable
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© ALL WORKS MEHREEN MURTAZA 2013

artist note

  • Resistant to symbolic interpretation, Mehreen Murtaza's work provokes irresolvable mental collisions of the strange with the familiar. As an allegory of human life, Murtaza's emphatic theatricality suggests an idealized landscape suspect for the misguided illusions of the Absolute.

  • Her visual narratives intertwine a traditional background with popular culture; absorbing both Sufi influences and the skewed logic of science fiction. .

  • Through her work, the viewer confronts the devastation and bereftness of religious iconography and symbols that hold us steady in the world.......

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