Guest Editor of BlackFlash issue 38.3, Nadia Kurd, talks to Jamelie Hassan about her past work, her influences, and how she has researched and interpreted the visual traditions found in Muslim-majority nations.
Jamelie Hassan
‘Infinities’ brings together a range of Canadian artists and writers to examine the influence of the traditions and conventions of Islamic visual cultures on contemporary art. From techniques and symbols to concepts and designs, artists such as Tazeen Qayyum, Abdi Osman, Shaheer Zazai, Azadeh Elmizadeh, and Jamelie Hassan have employed various methods and materials to not only show the ways in which Islamic visual cultures continues to inform their work, but also the challenges, possibilities and implications in doing so.