"Voyage" by Arslan Farooqi
"Voyage"
Gouache & gold leaf on paper
22 x 15 in
2023
About the artwork
Arslan Farooqi explores the interplay of sound, noise, and music in the visual realm. In his interpretations of the manuscript painting tradition from South Asia, a lived experience is made glaringly visible, one that defines the region today – religion, and violence. He questions whether the sound of bullets fired drown the loudspeaker’s chants of the maulana. Arslaan tries to present his distinctive iconography connecting the realms of ritual, custom, faith, and the sonic.
About the artist
Arslan Farooqi received a Bachelor of Fine Arts [Miniature painting] from National College of Arts, [2016]. In his artistic oeuvre, Arslan seeks to explore various questions around existence directed towards a collective, cosmic consciousness. His painted and audio/visual works are rooted in an act of repetition to emphasize revolving around the politics of religion, history, and mythology.
Some of his selected group exhibitions include ‘Spiralling into the Absurd’ at Bikaner House with Anant Art [2021]; ‘Mahiat’ Chawkandi Art Gallery, [2019]; ‘Seeing and being seen’ Canvas gallery, [2018]; ‘We ate the birds’ Koel gallery, [2017] "Microcosm" Gandhara art space, [2017]; ‘Social Objects’ Canvas gallery, [2017]; ‘Dil to Pagal Hai’ Sanat Initiative, [2017]; Two Person Show ‘The Absolute Truth’ IVS gallery, [2016]; ‘Green Signal’ National College of Arts, [2016]; 2016 "Thesis Show" National College of Arts.
He was also a part of 4th Residency, Sanat Initiative [2017] and Attic Studio, Alhamra Art Council [2014].
