“Pacistani ātist Imran C̣reši z Dŷča Banc’s “Ātist v ɖ Yir”. Cmprîzñ miṇčr pêntñz n saitsṗsific insṭlešns, includñ ny wrcs md fr Îcon, ɖs z hiz most comprihnsv xibišn t dêt in ɖ YC.
Born in 1972, C̣reši z wn v ɖ most impwtnt cntmprri ātists fṛm ɖ subcontinnt, nt lst bcz h rclemz ɖ rījnli rūtd diṣplin v miṇčrpêntñ ɖt flurišt in ɖ Môgl cwts v ɖ lêt sixtīnʈ senčri, n trnspwts it t ɖ preznt de. Hiz wrc constityts a ynīc sinʈ̇sis v tṛdišnl mtifs n tecnīcs wɖ cuṛnt išuz n ɖ fwml lanĝj v cntmprri abstract pêntñ.
Ɖ xibišn priznts an are v C̣reši’z delic̣t pêntñz adwnd wɖ gold n blud-red pênt, dpictñ ppl, flwra n fwna. In Slfpwtrit (2009) w si ɖ ātist hmslf inclozd in an ôvl mdałn on a gold bacgrând, holdñ a blosm ṣrândd bî tîni dragnflîz.
Ɖ insṭlešnz at Îcon r dveḷpt ât v mêjr wrcs ɖ ātist md rīsntli fr ɖ Metṛpolitn Myziym v Āt in Ny Ywc, ɖ Sidni Bienāle n ɖ Šājā Bîeňl. In I wnt y t ste wɖ m (2013), indivijl dāc red pūlz apir acrs ɖ gaḷrīflor; upn clôsr xaminešn ɖe r fild wɖ cântls ōṇmentl flârz, intric̣tli handpêntd in perilīn mrūn.
In N ɖe stl sīc ɖ trêsz v blud (2013), imijz fṛm ŕlịr wrcs bî C̣reši r printd on ʈâzndz v šīts v pêpr crumpld n gaɖrd t fwm a mânṭns hīp. Ɖ tîtl qôts a powm bî Fez Aṃd Fez abt ɖoz hu hv bn berid wɖt ɖer lîvz onrd or ɖ srcmstansz v ɖer deʈs invstigetd. C̣reši mcs sč refṛnsz t cuṛnt aferz in Pacistan ẇlst jenṛlîzñ abt ɖ cnd v vayḷns n injustis ɖt z vizitd upn iṇsnt ppl evri de ʈrt ɖ wrld.
Ɖs xibišn z ōġnîzd in cooṗrešn wɖ Dŷča Banc. Ɖ awōd Ātist v ɖ Yir z pzišnd az an integṛl pāt v ɖ Dŷča Banc ātprôgram, ẇč hz bn ôpnñ p ɖ wrld v cntmprri āt t ɖ public fr ɖ last ʈrti yirz – ʈru Dŷča Banc’s ôn sbstanšl c̣lẋn, xibišnz n projcts wɖ pātnrz. Xibišn ṣpwtd bî ɖ Wiłm A Cadbri Čariṭbl Trust, Emrsn Pres, ɖ Čālz Wolis Pacistan Trust n Cwvi-Mora, Lundn.
A comprihnsv caṭlog, prîst £35, n an ātist’s idišn Līcij (2009/2013), prîst £600, acumṗni ɖ xibišn. Vizit Îcon’z onlîn šop fr ɖ fl renj v Îcon’z caṭlogz n limitd idišnz.”
