Wednesday 17 June 2020
Farhat Ali (b. 1988), Untitled, 2014, Nude and a Mughal ruler, ink and gouache on wasli...
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Lot 248
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Farhat Ali (b. 1988), Untitled, 2014, Nude and a Mughal ruler, ink and gouache on wasli laid on card, signed and dated in Urdu lower right, mounted, glazed and framed, 66 x 51.8cm
Another work by this artist was sold Sotheby's Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art, 16 March 2020, Lot 69
Farhat Ali is a contemporary artist from Badin in Sindh. He started his career as a billboard painter followed by a formal education at the Centre of Excellence in Art and Design at Jamshoro and subsequently the National College of Arts Lahore, from where he graduated in 2015.
Using the quintessentially miniature format from the sub-continent, Ali juxtaposes contrasting characters from different narratives on to one plane. The themes addressed are from history, fiction and contemporary pop and charged with tongue-in-cheek humour.
Beyond the immediate element of humour, the improbable encounters and liaisons between the protagonists spark debate on their implausibility. By disrupting how we understand something, we are more likely to question its fundamental existence and Alis cameos provoke inquiry on several issues. The most obvious inconsistency is the East West variance. His comic approach diffuses the inevitable clash of civilizations between a classical 15th century South Asian era and contemporary Western society.
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