Works from
Hybrid have been included in Muhammad Atif Khan's solo exhibition
Landscape of the Heart at
Ceri Richards Gallery in Swansea, Wales. The catalogue can be seen online
here.
9 August to 14 September
Muhammad Atif Khan graduated in Fine Art from the National College of
Arts in Lahore, Pakistan and in 1998 was awarded the UNESCO-ASHBURG
Bursary, completing a residency at Darat-al-Funun in Amman, Jordan.
He received a Commonwealth Arts & Crafts Award in
2007, and during 2005 – 2008, was also appointed artist in residence at
the Swansea Print Workshop, London Print Studio and Glasgow Print
Studio.
Khan says: “My work is inspired by the great tradition
of storytelling. Its poetic symbolism can be clearly observed. My work
has a decorative quality, which is also a significant element of the
subcontinent’s traditional arts. I observe that nature is always
beautiful even at its most ferocious moments. I try to present my
political or social comments in a decorative way which balances the
bitterness of the subject matter”.
