Ohio Museum Exhibit Explores Inclusion, Barriers

THE TOLEDO BLADE 
By Roberta Gedert

There are three pieces in the show that take up individual spaces in galleries 4, 5, and 9: Intersections, The Greys In Between and This Is Not a Refuge 2.

Anila Agha wants people to feel included when they experience her large-scale sculptures at the Toledo Museum of Art. All three of the works in the exhibition Anila Quayyum Agha: Between Light and Shadow, which opens to the public Saturday, deal with connecting the lines between inclusion and exclusion when dealing with social, religious, and cultural barriers. “I think about how we can cross over those lines so we can create a stronger more peaceful way to communicate,” said Ms. Agha, during a visit to the Toledo museum this week. She said she wants her work to leave people feeling included; an invitation for “everybody and anybody, and nobody could be chased out.” [More]

Toledo Museum of Art: "Anila Quayyum Agha: Between Light and Shadow" (Oct. 19 - Feb. 9, 2020); 2445 Monroe St., Toledo, OH; (419) 255-8000; toledomuseum.org