Toledo Museum of Art Illuminates a World Between Light and Dark

THE TOLEDO BLADE

By Roberta Gedert

The Greys in Between, 2018, laser-cut steel, light bulb, powder coated, motorized movement, 10 x 5 feet octahedron and 5 x 5 feet tetrahedron.

Anila Quayyum Agha’s large-scale sculptural installations are best seen through the eyes of anonymity. In her upcoming local exhibition Anila Quayyum Agha: Between Light and Shadow, the Pakistan-born American immigrant uses life experiences, coupled with light and shadow within space to both connect and recognize social, religious, and cultural barriers. The show opens Saturday in three gallery rooms at the Toledo Museum of Art. “The artwork turns the space that it is existing in into the artwork so anyone who walks through it becomes part of the artwork, so everyone is precious. And because of the shadows falling on people’s faces, they become slightly anonymous,” said the studio artist, also an associate professor at the Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis. [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