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LAILA RAHMAN
LAILA RAHMAN
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Background
Born in Lahore in 1966, Laila Rahman attended St Martins College of Art
and Design and later with a scholarship from the British Council in
Pakistan achieved a First Class Masters Degree in Printmaking from Slade
School of Fine Art in London. She is currently a tutor at Lahore College
of Arts and Sciences and is working towards a series of Illustrations
and designs for the book “Punjabi and Other Folk Tales” for Simorgh
Publications, Lahore. She has exhibited her work in group exhibitions
across Pakistan, India, USA and Europe.
Artist's Statement
Approaching Chaos and the
unbound forces of Nature are ranged in opposition to human beings. Our
world, outwardly symmetrical, is symbolized by two perfect shapes: the
‘magic square’ and the ‘enchanted circle’ are undergoing a change; once
entered or meddled with, unforeseen changes will occur. Insidious and
therefore more frightening is that the organic natural forms encroach
steadily and will soon consume the human shapes, which by contrast are
powerless and weak.
Boundaries have been breached and nothing will ever be the same again - an apocalyptic future awaits us.
The disc of the moon continually casts its spell on the scenes around it. It is essentially female in nature and form. It sits as a fitting counterpart on its male companion, the square. This balance is what evades us today. The human shapes are deliberately androgynous in structure, with no individual markings or features left to them. Above all they are supine, doomed to their fate.
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