East Meets West … to Great Effect
Springing from his own South Asian heritage, Mumtaz Hussain’s work spans centuries of evolution, from ancient archaeology to traditional South Asian calligraphy to modern mixed media, and storytelling in the form of books and film. His work straddles the cultural divide that separates the East from the West by drawing inspiration from artistic traditions of his homeland as well as Cubism and Impressionism in particular and a synthesis of European and American modernism in general.