Stunning Roof Garden Installation by Pakistani Artist Imran Qureshi Opens at Metropolitan Museum

ART DAILY

NEW YORK---A large-scale site-specific work of art by Imran Qureshi (b. 1972, Hyderabad, Pakistan)—an artist known for his unique style of combining the motifs, symbolism, and ornamental techniques of Islamic art with modern conceptual approaches—is the 2013 installation on The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Entitled "The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi," the project represents the artist’s emotional response to violence occurring across the globe in recent decades and his earnest hope for regeneration and lasting peace in the aftermath of man-made disasters. [link]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: "The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi," (Ends Nov. 3, 2013), 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street), New York (212) 535-7710 or metmuseum.org.