Imran Qureshi Met Roof

This installation pairs works on paper by imran qureshi born 1972 hyderabad pakistan with historic miniatures from the museum s collection.

Imran qureshi met roof.

To 5 30 sunday through thursday and until 9 00 p m. Extending and challenging the islamic art traditions in which he trained qureshi incorporates the lessons of abstract painting in his investigations into ornamentation line and. Visitors view pakistani artist imran qureshi s creation painted on the rooftop of the metropolitan museum of art during a preview of the annual met s roof garden commission in new york. Entitled the roof garden commission.

The roof garden commission. This inaugural volume in the metropolitan museum of art s series on its annual roof garden commissions features the work of acclaimed pakistani artist imran qureshi. The roof garden at the metropolitan museum of art is one of the lovelier places to go in new york during the warm seasons. On friday and saturday.

Gerald cantor roof garden. It is presented to complement the artist s painted commission on the iris and b. Here on the roof garden the blooms also echo the verdant foliage of central park a green space conceived in the nineteenth century to function as a site of respite and tranquility in the midst of the chaotic and cacophonous city. The pakistani artist imran qureshi who was voted artist of the year in 2013 by the deutsche bank global art advisory council debuted at the metropolitan museum of art with a large scale installation on the museum s roof.

Three years ago qureshi began to use red acrylic in his installations in response to brutal bombings in lahore. Imran qureshi s roof garden. Using the nearly 8 000 square foot open air space as his canvas qureshi has worked areas of his spilled and splattered red acrylic paint into patterns of lush ornamental leaves that evoke the luxuriant walled gardens that are. Imran qureshi 01 17 posted on may 13th 2013 in conjunction with the exhibition the roof garden commission.

The met roof garden is open whenever the museum is weather permitting which as of now is seven days a week from 10 00 a m. Imran qureshi creating his site specific work for the roof garden commission project on the metropolitan museum of art s iris and b. Imran qureshi on view may 14 november 3 2013 weather permitting this video features time lapse photography documenting the installation of the work as well as the artist s commentary about the project. Gerald cantor roof garden.