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Monroe PriceThere’s a striking image by Farida Batool in a current exhibit at New York’s Aicon Gallery (reviewed at the New York Times). Seeing it was especially astonishing for me because I know something of the artist and the complexity of her relationship to Pakistan, its history and its images. NAI REESAN SHEHR LAHORE DIYAN Image Courtesy of Artist & Aicon GalleryBatool contains one of the many histories of Pakistan and her life and work manifests its many rivulets daily. She is the daughter |
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