Garden Nights
The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9)
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
Brisbane, Australia
2018
Embroidery on polyester velvet
26 banners, Dimensions vary with installation
This velvet banners are inspired by the flags displayed in Iran during annual Ashura festivities, when the Shiite population mourns the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad. Iman Raad works with craftspeople in the city of Mashhad, who adopt and transform his drawings into decorated embroidered banners that celebrate and mourn life and death in all its form. Raad’s practice is informed by a belief in the central role of vernacular art forms to the wider history of art.
Read more HERE about Days of Bliss and Woe and Garden Nights by Ellie Buttrose, Associate Curator, International Contemporary Art, QAGOMA.
Image courtesy QAGOMA and Iman Raad
Photos by Natasha Harth, C. Callistemon, and B. Wagner