Reoccurring themes in my work are the texture and honesty of craft, as well as the exploration of distorting and transforming a reproduced image. Central to handmade craft objects is a reflection of the human hand and a process of mathematical, repetitive steps. Simple objects, such as baskets and woven fabrics, are not as loaded […]

Only two decades ago, Paul Delvaux was painting from memory, having lost most of his sight. He would stand in his studio, looking like a fisherman in a sleeveless shirt, with a cigarette hanging from his lip, painting mermaids and daydreaming in the garden of his studio. Delvaux (1897-1994) was born to be a painter, […]

Following the rapid economic, social, and cultural developments in India in recent years, the exhibition Indian Highway is a timely presentation of the pioneering work being made in India today, embracing art, architecture, film, literature, and dance. The culmination of extensive research over a lengthy period, Indian Highway serves as a snapshot of a vibrant […]

When it seemed that television was about to end, an end it supposedly met in the onslaught of interactive media and their splitting up of large, homogenous audiences through the proliferation of small, constantly connected screens, it may just emerge again. And so it does: a medium has been created in the white cube through […]

In the summer of 2009, inspired by a cultural exchange program with the Caucasus, I traveled by land from Zurich to Baku and back. My objective was to document the journey with pen on paper. Though the culture exchange eventually did fail, the experience was intoxicating for my pen and I. The drawings capture the […]

Zigzagging across the waters of the Pacific Ocean, the International Date Line (IDL) is the imaginary line on the earth that separates two consecutive calendar days and indicates the boundary line between “today” and “tomorrow.” Despite its name, the precise location of the IDL is not fixed by any international law, treaty, or agreement. Even […]

My current series Fallen explores images of childhood perspectives, in which distortions of scale display a dreamy and surrealistic quality. Once familiar landscapes take on an ethereal quality, they evoke a sense of fear and wonder. Some images in the series create a dark tension and others, an uplifting magical realism—both reminiscent of a mythological […]

In one of my daytime dreams, I was climbing up the biggest minaret. Darkness appeared everywhere. There were smelly ivies. There were women, too—their size like a cup, their hands on their belly. I was walking up the stairs of the minaret beside them. I kept walking, and more women appeared. There were so many […]

When I first saw Dorte and Villy standing at the bar in matching red anoraks I was at a crossroads in my life, also in relationship to photography. The book 3×1 marked a major departure in my work, where the social realism of previous projects was superseded by the universal and familiar. The intimacy, banality, […]

I was born and raised in the land of lovers and Sufi poets (Punjab); love and spirituality are in my bones. It is interesting how the environment plays a role in shaping one’s concerns. The impact of early days of democracy, then 11 dark years of dictatorship followed by occasional glimpses of elected governments, and […]