Bulhan Bachao - An Exhibition at AAN Art Space & Museum

AAN Art Space & Museum is pleased to announce and help support the opening of the exhibition, ‘A Culture of Care’ which is co-curated by Taabir Noorani and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. This exhibition is a project of the Bhulan Bachao initiative to create awareness and raise funds for the preservation and conservation of the indigenous wildlife of the River Indus.

‘A Culture of Care’ will focus on works of art that highlight the right to dignity for both humans as well as wildlife. Artists were invited to produce works that reflect Pakistan’s wildlife conservation, indigenous culture and traditional crafts. All proceeds will go to support Bulhan Bachao’s field and educational programs.

Game Changer by Imran Qureshi - A Project of AAN Ideas Lab

“Game Changer incorporates both the energy of cricket and the vocabulary of internationally acclaimed visual artist Imran Qureshi. The figure is welding a bat almost like a sword and it is composed of cricket balls which are covered with Qureshi’s floral like motifs which are inspired by the landscapes of Indian Mughal court paintings. The stance of the batsman is as powerful as the team it symbolizes! Qureshi is master of action painting and here instead of a brush he throws six balls at the canvas to complete the ‘over’. The bounces and treads that the ball create in this ‘over’ on the canvas reveals the perineal contest between a batsman and a bowler. The batsman is present on the canvas while the bowler thought absent is very much ‘present’ in the form of his powerful throws”. - Amna Naqvi

The fabulous artwork ‘Game Changer’ which was created by the international acclaimed artist Imran Qureshi @imranqureshiartist for the celebration of Islamabad United’s third Championship in the Pakistan Super League in 2024! This work was unveiled in Islamabad by the cricketers Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim alongwith Imran Qureshi, Ali Naqvi and Amna Naqvi at the celebration dinner in May 2024! This work is a further offshoot of IQXIU project in 2022 which was a collaboration between Qureshi and Islamabad Islamabad United! @islamabadunitedpsl @alinaqvi808

AAN Foundation provides support for Shahzia Sikander's exhibition 'Havah.......to breathe, air life' in Madison Square Park, New York City.

“Havah……to breathe, air, life”

Havah…explores the complexities of women’s relationships to law and justice. The project will be on view in Madison Square Park and on the rooftop of the Appellate Division Courthouse across the street. Shahzia’s inspiring exhibition in the park will include a monumental sculpture of a female figure, a video animation, and an augmented reality component. A second sculpture will be installed on the courthouse rooftop, becoming the first female figure to take a stand amongst a lineup of nine robed male lawgivers. Shahzia’s work on the 2017 Capital Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Martyrs galvanized her intense investigation of whose figure occupies our public spaces. Havah…is a bold and important response.

This project is a co-commission of Madison Square Park Conservancy and Public Art Houston. The commission will open on the 17th of January!

The AAN Foundation & Shahzia Sikander’s practice: The AAN Foundation has been supporting Shahzia Sikander’s practice for almost two decades. Our commitment to this pioneer of Indo-Persian Painting will continue as Sikander keeps breaking new ground in her art making and keep’s challenging norms of both narrative and form. The AAN Foundation, supported by the AAN Collection, is the custodian of one of the largest collections of Sikander’s work, including both paintings and animations including the seminal ‘Parallax’. In 2008, it supported her public art exhibition ‘Authority as Approximation’ at Para Site Art Space in Hong Kong. In 2016 the AAN Foundation was the Lead Sponsor for Sikander’s monumental exhibition ‘Apparatus of Power’ which exhibited over sixty three works of art including paintings and video installations at The Asia Society Museum and The Maritime Museum in Hong Kong. The AAN Foundation also provided support for the viewing of Parallax, her seminal three-channel video installation at the Lahore Biennale in 2018 as well as being the Central Sponsors for the inaugural Lahore Biennale.

Amna Naqvi - Guest Lecturer at The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Amna Naqvi, Co-Founder of AAN Foundation was invited as a Guest Speaker at the Department of Art History at The University of Hong Kong(HKU) to talk about Pakistani art both in its historic and contemporary forms. The lecture focused on the classical, modern and contemporary artworks in the AAN Collection as well as the work of the AAN Foundation and AAN Ideas Lab. She discussed the works of over forty artists.