Fazal Rizvi

Fluid Frontiers is the first in a series of exhibitions that took place at the fictitious ‘Museum of Speculated Objects’ (Rizvi’s long-term project). The exhibition presents a collection of tangible (and intangible) objects that were found floating and/or submerged within the Arabian Sea. Through research and imagination, narratives and moments have been woven around each of these found objects. This ‘exhibition guide’ helps traverse the fluid yet distinctly marked (and tense) maritime borders between India and Pakistan.

about the author:

Fazal Rizvi (b. 1987), lives and works in Karachi. He holds a BFA from National College of Arts, Lahore (2010). His recent solo show The Fleet was at the Gandhara Art Space, Karachi in 2018. Rizvi has been a part of group shows at the Karachi Biennale in 2017 and the New Art Gallery Walsall in 2016. He was selected for the Arcus Project Residency, Japan in 2011. He was also awarded the Murree Museum artists’ residency in 2017, the Vasl International Artist Residency in 2015 and Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust and British Council Residency at Gasworks, London in 2014.