Pakistani artist Faiza Butt in first major survey of her work in a British public gallery

This ambitious new exhibition explores Butt’s practice over the past two decades; it comprises of a rich collection ranging from drawings and paintings, digital prints, light works and sculptural installation. Through a practice heavily influenced by the miniature painting tradition, Butt produces works with felt-tip pens and enamel paint that are obsessively crafted and hover somewhere between photography and embroidery.

The title of the exhibition Paracosm refers to the noun paracosm: a detailed imaginary world created inside one's mind. Saturated with her artwork, New Art Exchanges’ galleries will become a projection of Butt’s own paracosm, exploring her personal and political commentary on the world in which we live.

‘Artists have a purpose in society. You do not make art to make anyone comfortable or to amuse people. Art is a language, a code through which you hope to make a difference.’ Faiza Butt

24 April 2015