Saad Qureshi’s artworks range from painting, works on paper to sculpture. He is a multi prize-winner and has exhibited the world over. In this episode, he talks about memories of his childhood in Pakistan and the experience of moving to Bradford where he was later to witness riots. He speaks about how memory is a vital theme in his works, his emphasis on cultural unity, notions of Paradise and how he visualises these in sculptural tableaux he calls “mindscapes”.

Saad Qureshi talking with Bob Chaundy

Accompanying images on consideringart.com

A Handful of Paradise, 2024 (detail)

A Handful of Paradise, 2024

Valley of Mist, 2024

Tanabanas, 2023, Meeting the Unknown and New Arrival

Saad Qureshi: A Handful of Paradise is showing at I de V L’Etrangere 18 September – 14 December 2024

Gallery photos courtesy Hugh Pryor

Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial