A response to BlackFlash’s Fall/Winter issue “Infinities.”
Rolla Tahir
“Immigrant stories can be reduced to East-meets-West moments, but Tahir more truthfully converts them into the points in time when new geographical threads are woven.”
‘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.