Artwork Description
Nusra Qureshi – The Identity of the Sword Shall Remain a Mystery
Dimensions: 21 x 29″ paper
Year: 2016
Medium: 6-color lithograph
Edition: ed. 6/35
Nusra Qureshi’s The Identity of the Sword Shall Remain a Mystery lithograph is offered unframed. It is from an edition of 35, printed by Landfall Press in 2016. Qureshi was trained in Mughal miniature painting in Lahore, Pakistan. “She has developed a rich, contemporary visual language featuring motifs from the past, ideas from the present, and techniques from both. Isolated female figures foreground layered imagery appropriated from colonial photography, patterns from textiles, silhouettes and botanical paintings. While presenting history as a collection of overlapping fragments, Qureshi reveals complex stereotypes, which are in turn rearranged to construct new narratives.” -Quote is from Sutton Gallery