Lubna Agha
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Lubna Agha (May 2, 1949 - May 6, 2012) was an American artist of Pakistani descent living in Brookline, Massachusetts.[1]
Her art invokes a dialogue between the modern-abstract and traditional forms and practices of Islamic paintings. Her work taps on visual images once a part of daily life but now a part of history—from places as geographically disparate as South Asia and North Africa. She paints mainly on canvas and wood, applying an infinite number of painted pixels and organic shapes that evoke mosaic tiling, intricate carvings, and ornate metalwork.
Her work has been exhibited in art museums and galleries in her homelands of Pakistan and the United States, as well as Britain, Japan, Jordan, and Switzerland.
Lubna’s paintings are part of the permanent collections at the Asian Collection at Bradford Museum, UK, National Council of the Arts, Pakistan, and the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Jordan.
A book about the artist by Marcella Nessom Sirhandi entitled Lubna Agha: Points of Reference was published by The Foundation of Museum of Modern Art, Pakistan in 2007.[2]
Lubna Agha died of complications from gallbladder cancer at her home in Brookline, MA on May 6, 2012.
Individual exhibitions
- 2012 Points of Reference: Paintings Cite Islamic Visual Legacy: Gardiner Art Gallery, Stillwater OK
- 2007 International Visions Gallery, Washington DC
- 2001 Chawkandi Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
- 1996 Chawkandi Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
- 1991 Himovitz Solomon Gallery, Sacramento, California
- 1987 Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
- 1985 Djurovich Gallery, Sacramento, California
- 1983 Rara Avis, Sacramento, California
- 1981 Alta Galleries, Sacramento, California
- 1981 Stuart/Scott Gallery, Fair Oaks, California
- 1980 Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
- 1976 Contemporary Art Gallery, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- 1975 Pakistan Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
- 1973 Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
- 1972 Contemporary Art Gallery, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- 1971 Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan
- 1969 Pakistan American Cultural Centre, Karachi, Pakistan
References
- ↑ "In Memoriam: Lubna Agha – Artist in white". islamicartsmagazine.com. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
- ↑ Lubna Agha: Points of Reference, The Foundation of Museum of Modern Art, Pakistan
- Contemporary Painting in Pakistan by Dr. Marcella Nessom Sirhandi
- Painters of Pakistan by Amjad Ali
- Image and Identity: 50 Years of Painting and Sculpture in Pakistan by Akbar Naqvi
- Unveiling the Veiled by Salima Hashmi
- Painting in Pakistan by Ejazul Hasan
External links
- Artist's website
- Amazon, Points of Reference: Lubna Agha
- Islamic Arts Magazine, In Memorium - Lubna Agha: Artist in White
- Asia Art Archive: Lubna Agha
- Dawn Excerpts: Different strokes - A monograph capturing the artistic journey of Lubna Agha by Marcella Nesom Sirhandi
- Herald Magazine: Lubna Agha by Asif Noorani
- VASL Artist's Collective: Lubna Agha
- International Visions Gallery: Lubna Agha
- BBC: Lubna Agha
- U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies: Lubna Agha
- The News International: Lubna Agha’s death a loss to art
- The Express Tribune: Transitions: Artist Lubna Agha passes away
- Interactive Magazine: Lubna Agha:Inheritance from a Loss
- Aquila Style Magazine: Artistic strokes of meditative precision
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