The following images are taken from Sameer Farooq’s A Heap of Random Sweepings, a solo exhibition presented at The Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto, ON, Canada, curated by: Mona Filip.
The exhibition tackles the fraught and violent histories of anthropological and encyclopaedic museum collections, their colonial origins, structures and impulses.
Restitution Series (Stone Heads), Ink jet print on Hahnemühle Photo Gloss 260, Dibond mounted, 26” x 40”.Restitution Series (Buddhas), Ink jet print on Hahnemühle Photo Gloss 260, Dibond mounted, 26” x 40”.Restitution Series (Masks), Ink jet print on Hahnemühle Photo Gloss 260, Dibond mounted, 26” x 40”.
Installation view, from A Heap of Random Sweepings. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid
