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Rashid Rana – Visual Artist
Rashid Rana is widely considered to be the leading Pakistani artist of his generation and it’s a proud moment for me because he is from my country. Rashid Rana was born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1968 where he lives and works. He trained as a painter at the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan and at the Massachusetts College of Fine Arts in Boston, USA. He is the founding faculty member and head of the Fine Art department at Beaconhouse National University in Lahore, Pakistan. He first came to prominence in South Asia alongside artists such as Subodh Gupta, before gaining wider, international exposure after the millennium. In his photography, sculpture and digital printmaking, Rana transposes imagery from one time and place to another, through manipulation, repetition and rearrangement. His early photomontages – originally made by painstakingly reconfiguring tiny squares of imagery into micro-mosaics by hand, latterly by using computer software – superimposed hardcore pornography on to the silhouette of the burqa (Veil, 2004) and turned hundreds of graphic slaughterhouse snapshots into facsimiles of Persian rugs (Red Carpet, 2007). Solo exhibitions include Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2017); Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (2010) and The Asia Society, New York, USA (2009). I hope you like the article and for sure you will like his work.
Reflection:
Sharing one of the best artist to be feature is the difficult job as it should be some extraordinary work. It was not a difficult decision at all to choose tis artist to feature it for you all because what he has done in the industry there are rarely few others. I have attached his Instagram profile link in the reference along with his some work.
References:
https://www.instagram.com/rashidranastudio/?hl=en>
Gallery, S., 2020. Rashid Rana – Artist’s Profile – The Saatchi Gallery. [online] Saatchigallery.com. Available at: <https://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/rashid_rana.htm>
Artsy.net. 2020. Rashid Rana – 15 Artworks, Bio & Shows On Artsy. [online] Available at: <https://www.artsy.net/artist/rashid-rana>
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