“A body without organs is a violin without strings.”
Antonin Artaud
Ibrahim Quraishi, Islamic Violins, 2008
(ed II: 2012) performance and photograph (2016), 70 x 50 cm © the artist, courtesy taswir projects
Ibrahim Quraishi
Ibrahim Quraishi works with different mediums like photography, photo painting, video, film, installation and performative works.
Defined by a nomadic existence, Quraishi often divides his time in multiple cities researching, teaching and creating works for spaces and institutions like: Kochi-Muziris Biennale (Kerala, India); Antidote Art & Design Platform, Dubai; National Museum Singapore; Manifestly Present / Parallel Event, Manifesta 9 Genk (Belgium); X Baltic Triennial (Vilnius); Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna); 4th Baku Biennale; Japan Foundation, Tokyo; Galerie Crone, Berlin; Asia Society, New York; Africa Center, Cape Town; Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam; MassMoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art); The Kitchen, New York; ArtCena, Rio de Janeiro; Al Hamra (Lahore); amongst other places.
For more information visit the artist’s website at https://ibrahimquraishi.org