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Raqib Shaw (b. 1974, Calcutta) is a Kashmiri artist who lives and works in London. He is known for his opulent and intricately detailed paintings of phantasmagorical dreamscapes made with surfaces inlaid with vibrantly colored jewels and enamel. His works reveal an eclectic combination of Western and Eastern influences, from Persian carpets and Northern Renaissance painting to industrial materials and Japanese lacquer. Shaw has had solo exhibitions at Tate Modern (2006) and The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2008). This year, Shaw was the subject of an exhibition at the Manchester Art Gallery, which travelled to Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague in June. His work has been featured in dozens of group shows.
Kashmir-born artist Raqib Shaw draws on an eclectic combination of Western and Eastern influences, and on nature, for his colorful and opulent paintings and sculptures. Based in London, Shaw is now showcasing his work in New York in “Paradise Lost,” a three-part show at Pace Gallery in Chelsea. The centerpiece of the exhibition — his first in New York since 2008 — is the title painting, a 60-foot work that Shaw hopes to one day expand to 170 feet. Using rhinestones, glitter and enamel paint in four colors, Shaw tells the story of “mankind, or the journey of life from birth to death… and the disenchantment that accompanies it all.”
“Paradise Lost” is on view through January 11.
via pacegallery.com