Southern Exposure, San Francisco, U.S.

Where Do You Want Ghosts to Reside? Opening Reception
Friday, January 17, 7:00–9:00PM
Curated by Azin Seraj and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Join us on Friday, January 17, 2020 for the opening reception of Where Do You Want Ghosts to Reside? This group project curated by Artist-Curators Azin Seraj and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto rearticulates historic narratives of the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Six visual artists utilize the transformative power of telling their own histories to untangle and rework problematic pasts and forgotten Islamic myths.

The title, taken from Etel Adnan’s brutal epic poem about the Lebanese Civil War, asks us to consider our position in relation to state brutality. Through the centering of critical voices and perspectives of artists rooted in Iran, Pakistan, India, and Egypt, this project humanizes those who have been marginalized by recent political rhetoric.

The exhibition will include work by Morehshin Allahyari, Heba Y. Amin, Anum Awan, Arshia Haq, Shirin Fahimi, and Umber Majeed.