---
title: "Intersections: Anila Quayyum Agha"
date: 2016-02-06T00:00:00-05:00
author: Caroline Herr
canonical_url: "https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/intersections-anila-quayyum-agha"
section: Exhibitions
---
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 Past Exhibition

# Intersections: Anila Quayyum Agha

 

On view February 6, 2016 to October 16, 2016

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## Experience an immersive installation that bathes the visitor in a geometric array of light and shadow.

 

*Intersections: Anila Quayyum Agha* is an immersive single room installation that bathes the visitor in a geometric array of light and shadow. Inspired by traditional Islamic architectural motifs, Pakistani-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha's laser-cut steel lantern conjures the design of the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, a historic site of cross-cultural intersection where a thousand years ago Islamic and Western cultures thrived in coexistence. Agha, an internationally renowned, award-winning artist, creates mixed media works that engage topics ranging from global politics and cultural multiplicity, to mass media and gender roles.

*Intersections* is made possible by supporters of PEM's Present Tense Initiative: Terry and Dick Albright, Dick and Deborah Carlson, Susan and Appy Chandler and Fay Chandler. The East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum provided additional support.

 

 

 

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