MUMA Talks: On Violence and Beauty

Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) is a leading public art museum based within Australia’s largest tertiary institution.MUMA presents innovative exhibitions, education and public programs and is renowned for its art publishing. MUMA is the custodian of the Monash University Collection of post 1960s Australian art and celebrated public art collection across Caulfield and Clayton campuses.Located in award- winning facilities, MUMA is one of Australia’s most exciting sites for contemporary art. The dynamic program actively engages diverse communities and places education at the heart of everything MUMA does, impacting how people think, feel and relate through art experiences.

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Join us for an artist talk with Nusra Latif Qureshi on violence and beauty

MUMA Talks: On Violence and BeautyJoin artist Nusra Latif Qureshi for a conversation about violence and beauty in The House of Irredeemable Objects. Across a thirty-year career, Qureshi has persistently explored ideas of trauma, loss and longing through works of immense beauty. In this conversation with MUMA Director, Dr Rebecca Coates, Qureshi discusses her strategic use of beauty to confer the dark histories that often lurk at its edges. About the exhibition<a href="https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/upcoming/u/nusra-latif-qureshi" title="https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/upcoming/u/nusra-latif-qureshi" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The House of Irredeemable Objects</a> is the first major solo exhibition in Melbourne to survey the thirty-year career of Nusra Latif Qureshi. Known for her exquisite painted works extending South Asian painting traditions into contemporary contexts, this exhibition locates these works alongside larger installations with sourced objects and imagery. Tracing threads of history, migration and the politics of representation, the exhibition reflects on power, memory and desire through Qureshi’s use of layered references, vivid colour and recurring poetic motifs. Date/TimeThursday 14 August, 6-7pmMonash University Museum of Art Plan Your Visit <a href="https://www.monash.edu/muma/about/visit" title="https://www.monash.edu/muma/about/visit" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a> Image: Nusra Latif Qureshi, On the edges of darkness III 2016, gouache and gold leaf on illustration board, Courtesy of the artist and Sutton Gallery.

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