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ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
Anila Quayyum Agha's "This is NOT a Refuge 1" (2019) - lasercut, resin coated aluminum and lightbulb, 8 x 6 x 4 feet at Talley Dunn Gallery in Dallas, Texas through March 23, 2019
It’s 27 degrees in Indy this morning, but we’re heading to 80 degrees of warmth at our refuge in Key West. In Psalms 46:1, the writer says, “God is our refuge and our strength, A very present help in trouble,” and when it’s cold, the help we need is a flight to Florida. On a serious note, the artist Anila Quayyum Agha is also interested in a refuge, but as safety from fear and pain. When at our worst Americans deny refuge. That is why Anila Agha’s “This is NOT a Refuge 1” is our art of the week.

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Anila Agha at her studio in Indianapolis, IN. Courtesy Anila Quayyum Agha
Anila Quayyum Agha's "Moonbeam" (2017) in the hands of collector Gregory Disney-Britton

Anila Quayyum Agha’s “Intersections” at the Grand Rapids Art Museum (all photos by Hrag Vartanian for Hyperallergic)
Anila Quayyum Agah's "This is NOT a Refuge" (2018) at Kansa City Art Institute Rowland Plaza