词条 | Rashid Rana |
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}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2011}}{{Infobox person | name = Rashid Rana | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Lahore, Pakistan | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Pakistani | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Visual artist }}Rashid Rana ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|راشد رانا}}}}) (born 1968) is one of the most prominent artists of his generation in Pakistan. Rana has been included in numerous exhibitions in Pakistan and abroad. He has worked over the past 15 years in a variety of mediums: abstractions on canvas, collaborations with a billboard painter, photographic/video performances, collages using found material, photo mosaics, photo sculptures, and large stainless steel works.[1] LifeRashid Rana was born in Lahore, Pakistan. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan in 1992, and a Master of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, Massachusetts, US in 1994. He is the head of the Fine Art department and one of the founding faculty members of the School of Visual Arts and Design (SVAD), Beaconhouse National University, Lahore.[2] Art careerRashid Rana has emerged as a leading name among the younger generation of artists on the contemporary art scene. He is known for his conceptually-driven, well-informed art practice, which maintains a pixelated attention to formal concerns. His works revolve around an exploration of media and identity, both bound by political satire critiquing pop culture. He also reinterprets varied elements of art and cultural history. His new media projects are a visual commentary and parody of socio-political scenarios. Utilizing such mediums as painting, video, installation and photography, Rana's work deals with everyday issues encompassing such themes as urbanization, faith, and tradition. One of his series of composite photomontages depicts each main image as constructed out of countless smaller photos of diametrically opposite subjects. The viewer confronts a moment of sudden withdrawal after moving closer to the picture when one becomes aware of the several tiny images that constitute the larger one.[3] It is a combination of the aesthetic concept of the grid with the languages of minimalism and geometric abstraction which serve to connect his work to his mentor Zahoor ul Akhlaq. A foray into video art has resulted in such installations as ‘Meeting Point’ (2006) in which the artist invokes terrorism by projecting two airplanes facing and seeming to collide into each other, with the loud airspace audio. His recent international exhibitions include: Solo Exhibition, Lisson Gallery, London, Perpetual Paradox Solo Exhibition at Musée Guimet, Paris, France (2010), Where dreams Cross: 150 years of photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Fotomuseum|Winterthur, Switzerland, and Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK; The Empire Strikes Back; India Art Today, Saatchi Gallery (2010) The Power of Ornament, Lower Belvedere, Vienna. Dis-Location (2007), a major solo in a range of media show of his selected works spread across two galleries including Gallery Chemould Prescott marked his return to Mumbai after a gap of three years. Underlining the artist’s notability on the global art stage, an accompanying note said: “He has come to represent an entire generation of Pakistani Contemporary Artists. Moreover in terms of the Indian art scene, he is the first artist from across the border to have been so thoroughly embraced since partition era artists such as Abdul Rehman Chughtai and Allah Bux. Working both on major public installations as well as gallery based works, his art is now some of the most recognisable among artists from South Asia.” His role in the context of the Indian art scene goes beyond cultural exchange. On the international scene, he represents the region as a whole and shares a deep connection with the country. The artist had his very first international solo in New Delhi with Nature Morte in 2004. Looking back at those times, he stated: “India was my launch pad. I didn’t consider myself a professional artist till that show in 2004. It changed my approach.” He has since become a poster boy for the Indian art gallery circuit. One edition of his work "Red Carpet-1" was auctioned at Sotheby’s New York on 16 May 2008, for $623,000 – the highest price ever paid for a Pakistani art work. The artist does not prefer to be tagged as a photographer, sculptor or video-artist. He explains: “I trained as a traditional painter, but I like the freedom to use any kind of medium. I don’t like hard divides.” In his work, Rana cleverly relates back to the history of art in Pakistan. A graduate of the National College of Arts, Lahore, Rana deviated from his peers by moving into digital media and photography and away from the traditional painting techniques taught at the school. He writes, “In this age of uncertainty we have lost the privilege of having one world view. Now every image, idea and truth (may it be ancient or modern) encompasses its opposite within itself. Thus we live in a state of duality. This internal conflict translates into my work, on a formal level, as well as having geographical, historical and political connotations.”[4] Rana’s ability to identify and utilize these tensions between the whole and its parts in his photographs has become his hallmark. The artist forces his viewers to look beyond the larger image and to the sum of its parts. In so doing, Rana explores various cultural, political and economic issues. Rana's formal and conceptual departure from the traditional style and medium is distinctly his own. The stark contrast of the Muslim women in their traditional dress with the exposed nudity of the Western porn stars forces a shift in focus between the poles of these two stereotypes and alludes to the cultural divide between East and West. Fascinated by how meaning is often misunderstood in our media-oriented society, Rana's photographic practice creates images that offer alternative views of the origins behind popular ideas and prejudices. Exhibitions2011
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CollectionsWorks in various public and private collections in Pakistan, India, Canada, Europe, UK and US including; Saatchi Gallery, Queensland Gallery of Art Brisbane Australia, Fukuoka Museum of Asian Art Japan, Frank Cohen Collection, National Gallery of Art Islamabad Pakistan, Devi Foundation Delhi India. References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.greencardamom.net/artists/artists_page.php?id=38&key=1 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-09-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328023751/http://www.greencardamom.net/artists/artists_page.php?id=38&key=1 |archivedate=28 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bnu.edu.pk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=117 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-09-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012153017/http://bnu.edu.pk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=117 |archivedate=12 October 2011 |df=dmy-all }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.theartstrust.com/online_magazine_Article.aspx?articleid=121 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-12-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102212939/http://www.theartstrust.com/online_magazine_Article.aspx?articleid=121 |archivedate=2 January 2011 |df=dmy-all }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sovereignartfoundation.com/art-prizes/asia/gallery/?year=2006&page=3|title=Asian Art Prize Finalists - Sovereign Art Foundation|publisher=}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lissongallery.com/#/exhibitions/2011-03-28_rashid-rana/|title=Lisson Gallery|website=www.lissongallery.com}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/2010/11/03/new-directions-in-art-mohatta-palace-museum.html|title=New directions in art: Mohatta Palace Museum|first=Marjorie|last=Husain|date=3 November 2010|publisher=}} External links
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