Rashid Rana Red Carpet 1

From a financial perspective the case in point is rashid rana s red carpet 1 a skillfully constructed photomontage of an otherwise unassuming piece of floor covering.

Rashid rana red carpet 1. A quiet revolution took place in the french museum world this week. C print diasec h. Famous pakistani artist rashid rana s work entitled red carpet series 1 for abraaj collection fetched the highest price of rs. He trained as a painter at the national college of arts in lahore pakistan and at the massachusetts college of fine arts in boston usa.

Rashid rana born 1968 lahore. Rashid rana is considered to be one of the most important artists of his generation from south asia. Lives and works in lahore red carpet 1 2007 edition 1 5. 5 06pm bst 12 jul 2010.

The piece fetched 623 400. Rashid rana discusses his red carpet series 2007. Red carpet series 1 rashid rana. The collapse of the private equity firm abraaj group and court supervised liquidation of its assets has had far reaching effects in the gulf art market.

Over 20 works by. His works have been sold at high prices including red carpet 1 which was auctioned at sotheby s new york for a whopping price of 623 000 usd. One edition of his work red carpet 1 was auctioned at sotheby s new york on 16 may 2008 for a record price of 623 000 us highest price ever paid for a work of art produced by a pakistani. These deliberately controversial works proved popular and rana s red carpet sold at sotheby s new york in 2008 for 623 000 the highest price ever paid for a pakistani work of art.

34 4 million 200 000 among all the artworks. He is the founding faculty member and head of the fine art department at beaconhouse national university in lahore pakistan. Art dubai chemould prescott road chatterjee lal dubai. This was followed by the red carpet 2007 large photomosaic images of traditional oriental carpets composed of tiny images of slaughterhouse carnage.