Lives and works between Lahore and London

Fatima Hussain

fama.hussain@gmail.com

Lives and works between Lahore and London

 Roni Horn in one of her interviews, states:

“… the work has a way of developing in a manner that never allows the viewer to become too familiar with it or to make assumptions about it. In subverting expectations you increase the chance of offering a more direct experience; not one that simply fulfills the viewers' desires or confirms their knowledge. It's more of a questioning. I'm not interested in answers per se. The answers create closure. I don't think that there are any answers anyway, they are always provisional.”

 This idea has long been prevalent in my practice, but I have now come to conclude as a dominant question that is found in my work.

- Who distributes knowledge and modernity/culture verses those who receive it, i.e., in areas like language or life style?

My work over the last few years have addressed multiple issues bringing into it the political, the historical, the everyday, and whether with intention or escape, ‘art’ for me, has fallen within a larger interpretation of the colonised structures, languages and territory. The creative output mocks the lifestyles of the post-colonial terrains and creates for itself, an escape, within the work.

My interest lies in translating ‘art’ for a larger audience through more direct dialogue and innovative curatorial strategies. A recent project ‘Redo Pakistan’ has been curated in the form of a newspaper, mainly for the audience of the turmoil stricken nation of Pakistan.

For more information please see www.otherasias.com www.fatima-hussain.net