RASHID RANA (B. 1968)
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RASHID RANA (B. 1968)

Two Dimensions

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RASHID RANA (B. 1968)
Two Dimensions

chromogenic print and diasec mounted

76¾ x 45 in. (194.5 x 114.5 cm.)

Executed in 2007; from an edition of five

Literature
Rashid Rana – Everything is Happening at Once, exhibition catalogue, Manchester, 2011, (another from the edition illustrated, unpaginated)
Exhibited
Geneva, Art & Public Cabinet - PH, Rashid Rana, December 2007 - January 2008
Manchester, Cornerhouse; Nottingham, New Art Exchange Rashid Rana – Everything is Happening at Once, 1 October 2011 - 31 March 2012

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Lot Essay

In this age of uncertainty we have lost the privilege of having only one world view. Now every image, idea and truth (may it be ancient of modern) encompasses its opposite within itself. Thus we live in a state of duality. This internal conflict translates into my work, on a formal level, as well as having geographical, historical and political connotations. - Rashid Rana

The duality of the image along with the 'double take' it engenders is a key feature of Rana's digitized imagery. Two Dimensions, depicting a monolithic skyscraper is also a composite image made from 'pixels' of everyday street scenes from Pakistan. Playing with notions of Gestalt, Rana's images reveal multiple worldviews both formally and conceptually. A comment on geopolitics post 9/11, he visually melds two disparate cultures with irony and wit as he tackles the underlying issues of inequality and violence binding them.

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