Pakistan-born, Melbourne-based artist Nusra Latif Qureshi reflects on established narratives within art historical representations of people and society in ‘Promises of a Parallel Cosmos’. The artist challenges the accuracy of these depictions and reveals hidden histories with an exhibition of key artworks created between 2011-2019 and a new artwork, which responds to WAG’s collection of historical pieces. In this show, Qureshi articulates the complexity of colonial stories and encourages new dialogue to understand these manifestations in the present.
Nusra Latif Qureshi, Quiet Leaves I (detail), 2017, gold leaf and gouache on illustration board, 23.5 × 17cm. Photograph: Christian Capurro. Courtesy the artist and Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
Warrnambool Art Gallery
24 April to 20 June 2021
Victoria
