Anila Quayyum Agha (American, b. Pakistan 1965). Intersections, 2014. Steel and halogen bulb, 78 x 78 x 78″. Courtesy of the artist and Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas. Photograph by Stefan Jennings Batista
On View from February 18th - July 2, 2022
Mysterious Inner Worlds is the first solo exhibition in New Mexico featuring Anila Quayyum Agha. The exhibition features four sculptures activated by light, including the large-scale light installation titled Intersections (2014) and the debut of the sculpture Steel Garden (Red) (2021).
Agha combines forms from Islamic architecture with her own concepts about patterns of sacred and worldly spaces. Her work ranges in scale from monumental installations to intricate embroidered drawings. She is inspired by her personal experiences as a woman and an immigrant from Pakistan, arriving in the US just before September 2001, as well as her concerns about the environment. Agha’s work engages more broadly with the dynamic and contradictory relationships among immigrant experiences as well as the intersectionality of gender, religion, labor, and social codes…