LANGUAGE V | 2011-2012

C PRINT + DIASEC | 462 X 270 CM

Language that constructs and conveys the currents of a culture is the subject of portraying reality of a post colonial society. Constructed with the sign boards of shops in Lahore, the work turns into a curtain that covers a recognizable canvas by French neoclassical painter David. This juxtaposition brings together various notions, narrations and definitions of art and language, and creates a connection between the two aspects of a cultural and creative expression.