Tazeen qayyum biography of martin king

Much of her work critically draws on the long illustrative tradition of Central Asia, South Asia, and Iran. The practice of miniature painting — the brilliantly coloured miniaturized folio images—emerged in the Islamic lands during the 8 th century with the introduction of paper from China. The practice of miniature painting is an arduous one.

Students training in the karkhana will sit on the floor for hours, focused on mark-making on handmade paper. The brush and paints are also skillfully handmade during the student training. The flowers depicted on the ice bags also represent fidelity and loyalty in Western culture. The symbolism of the cockroach — a hardy insect that has long adapted to human life — is one that Qayyum uses because it elicits fear and has often been used as a metaphor for immigrants and those considered as outsiders.

These pieces are meticulously arranged in a grid pattern that mimics the wood lattice room dividers commonly found in Islamic architecture. The installation references the airport transit terminology for continuous routing loops when planes are unable to land, which serves as an apt metaphor for the various socio-political often life or death conundrums faced by refugees today.

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This repetitive patterning common in her cockroach themed work has evolved and informed her performance work. The repetitive, trance-like process of creating these works can span several hours. For Qayyum, the process to create these works allows the audiences of the performance to see how her body fully becomes the instrument, melded with the paintbrush, to create the cursive lines of script.

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