Friday, May 9, 2014

Imran Qureshi paints the (Michigan) town red.

The unstoppable Imran Qureshi's yet another museum exhibition opens today at the Eli and Edythe Broad Museum Michigan.

 
  
 
His reputation has only grown during that time, with major installations at places like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
 
Along with bringing existing pieces to the Broad, he’s creating site-specific works here. The exhibition is called “The God of Small Things”. On top of that, he’s also accepted an invitation to create what’s being called “Crack Art” for a project called “Fragmented” on the streets of East Lansing
 
 
Broad Art Museum curator Alison Gass likes the way the Cassiopeia statue seems to be staring at 'Fragmented'.
Scott Pohl, WKAR 
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Pakistani painter's urban mural project to be displayed at Broad Museum

Source: Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING – Imran Qureshi, a Pakistani painter known for his intricate work on plazas, rooftops and walls, began using public spaces leading from Ann Street Plaza to the Eli and Edythe Broad Museum earlier this week for a piece called “Fragmented,” part of East Lansing’s urban mural project.

 
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Acclaimed Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi spreads red paint as he starts work on an installation called 'Fragmented,' a public art piece, in downtown East Lansing on Wednesday May 1, 2014. / Rod Sanford/Lansing State Journal
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Acclaimed Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi spreads red paint as he starts work on an installation called 'Fragmented,' a public art piece, in downtown East Lansing on May 1, 2014. / Rod Sanford/Lansing State Journal