A brightly lit and suspended blue cube with laser cut shapes on all sides that cast intricate shadows on yellow walls.

A Beautiful Despair (Cube)

Anila Quayyum Agha (b. 1965)

Date

2021
Object Type

Sculptures
Medium

Laser cut lacquered steel
Dimensions

60 x 60 x 60 in.
Inscriptions

Panel B verso:
e. in white paint pen: [artist signature] 'A Beautiful Despair,' Ed #1, 2021
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Purchase with funds from the Ruth Carter Stevenson Acquisition Endowment
Accession Number

2022.19

Anila Quayyum Agha: A Beautiful Despair

September 25, 2021–January 9, 2022

Light and shadow come together in the latest immersive contemporary exhibition at the Carter! Commissioned by the Museum, Pakistani-American multidisciplinary artist Anila Quayyum Agha presented an immersive, site-specific sculptural installation and related drawings informed by her multicultural experience.

Location: Off view

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