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Bolo
Website:
www.bolo-art.com
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ARTIST STATEMENT
Bolo was born in 2014 and is 83 years old.
Bolo means 'Speak (Up)' in Urdu.
Bolo is from Pakistan and New York City.
Bolo paints and sculpts questions.
Identity, religion, world affairs. Juicy shit.
Bolo is man and woman.
Bolo is order and chaos.
Bolo is Saks Afridi & Qinza Najm.
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Bolo is a multi-disciplinary artist duo. With a process that is complementary in nature, the experience and dynamism between the two artists makes for work that aims to make the audience consider a different perspective. Fueled by it’s roots in Pakistan and it’s home in New York City, Bolo believes humanity’s need to connect is universal and knows no borders. From this emerges a body of work that is aesthetically bright, yet seeped in contemplative concepts.
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Ghost of Empire (about the submitted work):
The Ghosts of Empires series explores the tension between chaos and order and the need for belonging in an ever-globalizing world, while exploring territorial borders and disputed areas around the world. The work is equivocal and open to multiple interpretations and is intended to illuminate the geographic and psychological paradoxes that exist in migratory conditions.
The compositions in the series reflect disputed borders and regions as seen through Google satellite maps, which are used as a loose foundation for the work. Inspired by tales of loss and happiness, each piece casts a light on the struggles and victories of strangers in strange lands. Bolo challenges the notions of global governance, ethnicity and religion as a social construct, questioning whether they should be represented by arbitrary lines.
Ultimately humanity is universal, regardless of which side of the border one is on. Desires, Dreams, aspirations, fears and basic needs are ubiquitous. The human need to connect is universal and knows no borders
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Bolo was born in 2014 and is 83 years old.
Bolo means 'Speak (Up)' in Urdu.
Bolo is from Pakistan and New York City
Bolo paints and sculpts questions.
Identity, religion, world affairs. Juicy shit.
Bolo is man and woman
Bolo is order and chaos.
Bolo is Saks Afridi & Qinza Najm.
Bolo is a multi-disciplinary artist duo. With a process that is complementary in nature, the experience and dynamism between the two artists makes for work that aims to make the audience consider a different perspective. Fueled by it’s roots in Pakistan and it’s home in New York City, Bolo believes humanity’s need to connect is universal and knows no borders. From this emerges a body of work that is aesthetically bright, yet seeped in contemplative concepts.
His paintings are in the collections of the The City University of New York; Grace Institute, New York; Tower 49, New York; Chung Design, Memphis Tennessee; Le Pain Quotidien, Soho, New York; Clareo Partners, Chicago, IL, Corporate Art, LLC New Jersey, Pennsylvania, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bangladesh; High Commission on Canada; Bengal Foundation; & included in many gallery and important private collections internationally.
Collective Exhibitions:
2015 Children's Museum of Manhattan, NYC
2015 Gallatin Gallery, New York University, NYC
2014 Miami Art Basel, The Fridge Art Fair, FL
2014 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands
2014 Tate Modern, BP Art Exchange, UK
2014 Dumbo Art Festival, SAWCC, NYC
2014 Secrets of Us, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2014 Sacred Ego, Leigh Wein Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2014 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York City2013 Sacred Sinister, United Nation, Auctioned by Christie’s, Dubai UAE
2013 Morphism of Love, Coohaus Art Gallery Chelsea, NYC, USA
2013 Peace & Conflict, Abu Dhabi Art Hub, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2013 Rising Meditation, Coohaus Art Gallery Chelsea, NYC, USA
2013 Grand Love, Saffron Art Gallery, NYC, USA
2013 Ego vs. Empathy, Governor Island Art Fair, NYC, USA
2013 Light to Dark, Rush Art Gallery Chelsea, NYC, USA
2013 Good to Bad, Gallery Brooklyn NYC, USA
2013 Modern Conflict, Art Dubai (Sikka), Dubai, UAE
2013 Oscillating Reality, Green Point Gallery, NYC, USA
2013 Dream of Love, Abu Dhabi Art Hub, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2013 East & West, SMV Gallery NY, NYC, USA
2013 Sublime Allegory, Time Square NY, NYC, USA
2012 Small Works, Manhattan Borough President's Office, NYC, USA
2012 Love & Ego, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery NYC, USA
2012 Memories, Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), Atlanta, USA
2012 Contemporary Artist, US Consulate, Dubai, UAE
2012 Utopia, Kobo Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2012 Spiritual Journey, Al-Meydan, Dubai, UAE
2012 Silent Conversations, ART-lanta, Atlanta, USA
2012 Together, Urban Yogi, Dubai, UAE
2012 Golden Glory, Kobo Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2011 Blue, Art Couture Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2010 Chaos, Native Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2008 Passion, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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