Join Natasha Ginwala as she explores one of Lala Rukh’s works from her iconic series, River In An Ocean, and how it captures the diverse rhythms of life and landscape with a minimalist vocabulary of lines, symbols and blackness.

Backstory is available in both audio and video formats. To view this episode in video, click here.

CREDITS

Host: Natasha Ginwala

Artwork: River In An Ocean: 6 (1993) and Moonscape (2010 / 2012) by Lala Rukh

Producers: Jyoti Dhar, Kamayani Sharma and Mahshid Rafiei.

Film and Multimedia: Dima Bittard, Unnikrishnan Suresh, Ward Helal, Shafeek Nalakath Kareem, and Magdi Tawfig.

Special Thanks: Nawar Al Qassimi, Umer Butt, Elaine Lubguban and Mahmoud El Safadi.

© Sharjah Art Foundation, 2024

Join Natasha Ginwala as she explores one of Lala Rukh’s works from her iconic series, River In An Ocean, and how it captures the diverse rhythms of life and landscape with a minimalist vocabulary of lines, symbols and blackness.
Backstory is available in both audio and video formats. To view this episode in video, click <a href="https://youtu.be/uz5NGFPf6hA?si=9zA04YKKlDWxakX3">here</a>.
CREDITS
Host: Natasha Ginwala
Artwork: River In An Ocean: 6 (1993) and Moonscape (2010 / 2012) by Lala Rukh
Producers: Jyoti Dhar, Kamayani Sharma and Mahshid Rafiei.
Film and Multimedia: Dima Bittard, Unnikrishnan Suresh, Ward Helal, Shafeek Nalakath Kareem, and Magdi Tawfig.
Special Thanks: Nawar Al Qassimi, Umer Butt, Elaine Lubguban and Mahmoud El Safadi.
© Sharjah Art Foundation, 2024

Speaking of Art, the official podcast of Sharjah Art Foundation, brings together a diverse range of perspectives on contemporary art from Asia, Africa and around the world. Hosted by Hoor Al Qasimi, Director of the Foundation, the show features in-depth conversations with some of the most prominent artists and curators practising today, exploring the impact of their work on our current moment as well as its historical significance. Subscribe to Speaking of Artand enjoy greater insight into artists’ practices and our exhibitions from anywhere in the world.

For more information about all our exhibitions and programmes, please visit our website or follow us on Instagram @sharjahart. 

Speaking of Art, the official podcast of Sharjah Art Foundation, brings together a diverse range of perspectives on contemporary art from Asia, Africa and around the world. Hosted by Hoor Al Qasimi, Director of the Foundation, the show features in-depth conversations with some of the most prominent artists and curators practising today, exploring the impact of their work on our current moment as well as its historical significance. Subscribe to Speaking of Art and enjoy greater insight into artists’ practices and our exhibitions from anywhere in the world.
For more information about all our exhibitions and programmes, please visit our website or follow us on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sharjahart/?hl=en">@sharjahart</a>.

Speaking of Art, the official podcast of Sharjah Art Foundation, brings together a diverse range of perspectives on contemporary art from Asia, Africa and around the world. Hosted by Hoor Al Qasimi, Director of the Foundation, the show features in-depth conversations with some of the most prominent artists and curators practising today, exploring the impact of their work on our current moment as well as its historical significance. Subscribe to Speaking of Art and enjoy greater insight into artists’ practices and our exhibitions from anywhere in the world.   For more information about all our exhibitions and programmes, please visit our website or follow us on Instagram @sharjahart.

Speaking of Art

Speaking of Art, the official podcast of Sharjah Art Foundation, brings together a diverse range of perspectives on contemporary art from Asia, Africa and around the world. Hosted by Hoor Al Qasimi, Director of the Foundation, the show features in-depth conversations with some of the most prominent artists and curators practising today, exploring the impact of their work on our current moment as well as its historical significance. Subscribe to Speaking of Art   and enjoy greater insight into artists’ practices and our exhibitions from anywhere in the world. 

For more information about all our exhibitions and programmes, please visit our website or follow us on Instagram @sharjahart. 

Speaking of Art, the official podcast of Sharjah Art Foundation, brings together a diverse range of perspectives on contemporary art from Asia, Africa and around the world. Hosted by Hoor Al Qasimi, Director of the Foundation, the show features in-depth conversations with some of the most prominent artists and curators practising today, exploring the impact of their work on our current moment as well as its historical significance. Subscribe to Speaking of Art   and enjoy greater insight into artists’ practices and our exhibitions from anywhere in the world. 
For more information about all our exhibitions and programmes, please visit our website or follow us on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sharjahart/?hl=en">@sharjahart</a>.

Episode 10: Backstory: River In An Ocean: 6 (1993)

Morad Montazami elaborates on the significance of Volcanique (1985) by Mohamed Melehi, and explains how the artwork manifests the ethos of Casablanca Art School through its mateirality, its imagery and its context. 

Backstory is available in both audio and video formats.  

To view this episode in video, click here. 

CREDITS

Host

Morad Montazami 

Artwork

Mohamed Melehi, Volcanique (1985) 

Editorial and Content Producers

Jyoti Dhar, Kamayani Sharma, Mahshid Rafiei 

Multimedia Producers

Dima Bittard, Ward Helal, Shafeek Nalakath Kareem, Unnikrishnan Suresh, Magdi Tawfig 

Special Thanks

May Alqaydi, Nawar Al Qassimi 

© Sharjah Art Foundation, 2024 

Morad Montazami elaborates on the significance of Volcanique (1985) by Mohamed Melehi, and explains how the artwork manifests the ethos of Casablanca Art School through its mateirality, its imagery and its context. 
Backstory is available in both audio and video formats.  
To view this episode in video, click <a href="https://youtu.be/QmLvTMXAHJ4">here</a>. 
CREDITS 
Host 
Morad Montazami 
Artwork 
Mohamed Melehi, Volcanique (1985) 
Editorial and Content Producers 
Jyoti Dhar, Kamayani Sharma, Mahshid Rafiei 
Multimedia Producers 
Dima Bittard, Ward Helal, Shafeek Nalakath Kareem, Unnikrishnan Suresh, Magdi Tawfig 
Special Thanks 
May Alqaydi, Nawar Al Qassimi 
© Sharjah Art Foundation, 2024

Episode 12: Backstory: Volcanique (1985) by Mohamed Melehi

What role have artists played in dismantling colonial infrastructures? In what ways have they contributed to creating new platforms in the postcolonial era? What can we learn about forging solidarities through art from past generations? In this episode, Hoor Al Qasimi speaks with Morad Montazami, who co-curated The Casablanca Art School: Platforms and Patterns for a Postcolonial Avant-Garde (1962–1987) with Madeleine de Colnet, about the artistic revolution that followed Morrocan independence in 1956. They discuss the transformation of Casablanca Art School and the efforts towards cultural decolonisation led by Farid Belkahia, Mohammed Chabâa, Bert Flint, Toni (Antonella) Maraini and Mohamed Melehi. Tune in to hear about the story of the Moroccan ‘new wave’ that triggered a new social movement and contributed to artistic solidarities between Latin America, West Asia and Africa. 





CREDITS

Host: Hoor Al Qasimi 

Guest:Morad Montazami 

Editorial and Content Producers: Jyoti Dhar, Kamayani Sharma, Mahshid Rafiei 

Sound Producer and Editor:Basil Kisswani 

Music and Sound: Luc Allieres, Café da Mañha, 2021

Special Thanks:Nawar Al Qassimi. May Alqaydi, Dima Bittard, Unnikrishnaan Suresh, Ward Helal, Hasan Hujairi, Asad Siddique

What role have artists played in dismantling colonial infrastructures? In what ways have they contributed to creating new platforms in the postcolonial era? What can we learn about forging solidarities through art from past generations? In this episode, Hoor Al Qasimi speaks with Morad Montazami, who co-curated The Casablanca Art School: Platforms and Patterns for a Postcolonial Avant-Garde (1962–1987) with Madeleine de Colnet, about the artistic revolution that followed Morrocan independence in 1956. They discuss the transformation of Casablanca Art School and the efforts towards cultural decolonisation led by Farid Belkahia, Mohammed Chabâa, Bert Flint, Toni (Antonella) Maraini and Mohamed Melehi. Tune in to hear about the story of the Moroccan ‘new wave’ that triggered a new social movement and contributed to artistic solidarities between Latin America, West Asia and Africa. 
 
 
CREDITS 
Host: Hoor Al Qasimi 
Guest: Morad Montazami 
Editorial and Content Producers: Jyoti Dhar, Kamayani Sharma, Mahshid Rafiei 
Sound Producer and Editor: Basil Kisswani 
Music and Sound: Luc Allieres, Café da Mañha, 2021
Special Thanks: Nawar Al Qassimi. May Alqaydi, Dima Bittard, Unnikrishnaan Suresh, Ward Helal, Hasan Hujairi, Asad Siddique

Episode 11: Casablanca Art School: The Making of an Artistic Revolution

Lala Rukh was one of the most significant artists of her generation. Her practice encompassed drawing, printmaking, photography and video, developed against the backdrop of political turmoil and feminist movements in Pakistan. Yet, despite her expansive four-decade artistic, pedagogical and political career that has influenced generations in Pakistan and beyond, she has remained an enigmatic figure. Join Hoor Al Qasimi and Natasha Ginwala, curators of the exhibition In The Round, the first major survey of works by Lala Rukh that includes rarely seen drawings and installations as well as extensive archival material, as they explore the impact that she has had on the lives and works of her peers and students. Tune in to hear insights from those that were closest to her, including Umer Butt, Mariah Lookman and Maryam Rahman, as they share what Lala Rukh meant to them as an artist, an educator and a friend.



CREDITS

Host: Hoor Al Qasimi

Guests: Natasha Ginwala, Umer Butt, Mariah Lookman, and Maryam Rahman.

Producers: Jyoti Dhar, Kamayani Sharma and Mahshid Rafiei.

Sound Producer: Basil Kisswani.

Sound Editors: Basil Kisswani and Kamayani Sharma.

Music and Sound: All Pakistan Music Archive and Grey Noise Gallery, Dubai.

Rasoolan Bai, Dadra, 1961; Roshan Ara Begum, speech, 1960; Roshan Ara Begum, Khamaj, 1960; Sadiq Ali Mando, Clarinet, 1961; Zahida Parveen, Tilang Bahar, 1961. 

Special Thanks: Nawar Al Qassimi, Mahmoud El Safadi, Hasan Hujairi, Asad Siddique, Dima Bittard, Ward Helal, and Shafeek Nalakath.

Lala Rukh was one of the most significant artists of her generation. Her practice encompassed drawing, printmaking, photography and video, developed against the backdrop of political turmoil and feminist movements in Pakistan. Yet, despite her expansive four-decade artistic, pedagogical and political career that has influenced generations in Pakistan and beyond, she has remained an enigmatic figure. Join Hoor Al Qasimi and Natasha Ginwala, curators of the exhibition In The Round, the first major survey of works by Lala Rukh that includes rarely seen drawings and installations as well as extensive archival material, as they explore the impact that she has had on the lives and works of her peers and students. Tune in to hear insights from those that were closest to her, including Umer Butt, Mariah Lookman and Maryam Rahman, as they share what Lala Rukh meant to them as an artist, an educator and a friend.
 
CREDITS
Host: Hoor Al Qasimi
Guests: Natasha Ginwala, Umer Butt, Mariah Lookman, and Maryam Rahman.
Producers: Jyoti Dhar, Kamayani Sharma and Mahshid Rafiei.
Sound Producer: Basil Kisswani.
Sound Editors: Basil Kisswani and Kamayani Sharma.
Music and Sound: All Pakistan Music Archive and Grey Noise Gallery, Dubai.
Rasoolan Bai, Dadra, 1961; Roshan Ara Begum, speech, 1960; Roshan Ara Begum, Khamaj, 1960; Sadiq Ali Mando, Clarinet, 1961; Zahida Parveen, Tilang Bahar, 1961. 
Special Thanks: Nawar Al Qassimi, Mahmoud El Safadi, Hasan Hujairi, Asad Siddique, Dima Bittard, Ward Helal, and Shafeek Nalakath.

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