Something About Paradise (Saad Qureshi)

I was born into a religious household, where the Quranic allegories of the seven heavens formed part of the backdrop to family life.

“I was born into a religious household, where the Quranic allegories of the seven heavens formed part of the backdrop to family life… Whilst developing Something About Paradise, I travelled around the country asking people of faith, as well as atheists and agnostics, what paradise represents or looks like to them.” (source)

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Something About Paradise

Conversations Before The End of Time

Conversations Before The End of Time

Conversations Before The End of Time

Conversations Before The End of Time

Conversations Before The End of Time

Conversations Before The End of Time

Conversations Before The End of Time

Conversations Before The End of Time

Something About Paradise, Saad Qureshi, 2019, Mixed media including metal, wood, Celotex, Idenden, marble dust, sand, paint
Three part sculpture:
1. 455 (height) x 375 x 165cm
2. 350 (height) x 240 x 110cm
3. 160 (height) x 396 x 205cm

Photography by Jonty Wilde and Nick Dunmur

Qureshi was born in Pakistan and raised in the United Kingdom

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