Rashid Rana, the creator of Pakistan Pavilion Exterior, has once again created a unique work for the people of Karachi. This exclusive viewing event is for experiencing Rana’s monumental installation ‘It Lies Beyond’ for the last time – an interactive art piece of an unprecedented scale that allows observers to fully immerse in the experience through an augmented reality app converting the display into moving pictures.
Rana has depicted an ominous, serene seascape that, on closer inspection, reveals the heaps of garbage that it is composed of. The artwork refers to the post-renaissance materialist inquiry, the explorations of and expansions to the other worlds, sea-trade, colonization, industrial revolution, consumerism and highlights tainted waters owing to human waste and pollution followed by global climate change resulting in various natural calamities like recent floods – all unfolding as various chapters of a saga that begins and ends with waters.
Rashid Rana, one of the most prominent artists in South Asia today, is known for conceptual innovation and dramatic visual strategies. He is the recipient of Sitara-i-Imtiaz and the 2017 Asia Art Award. His works are housed in prestigious collections including the British Museum (London) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).
