Project Description

Imran Qureshi painted this series of portraits when he realised that after 9/11, the
world insisted on segregating religious people. One form of segregation to which
Qureshi points in his work revolves around choices in clothing or activities. He notes
that "a religious person wearing camouflage socks is perceived as threatening, but
in other cases, it is mere fashion." His work challenges narrow-minded assumptions
that exist on a societal level and complicates traditions of art making, specifically the
perceived disparity between miniature painting and contemporary art.

April 2011