Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA
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Natural light streaming in from the roof windows carves paths through the lobby of the Museum and brightens the walls
As light from the windows and roof splashes across the floot, a teacher educates a class visiting the Museum
Light streaming through the roof windows carves spaces for tables and chairs.
A door leads out of the Intersections installation, down the hall to other exhibitions
Intersections is an immersive single room installation that bathes the visitor in a geometric array of light and shadow. Inspired by traditional Islamic architectural motifs, Pakistani-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha's laser-cut steel lantern conjures the design of the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, a historic site of cross-cultural intersection where a thousand years ago Islamic and Western cultures thrived in coexistence. Agha, an internationally renowned, award-winning artist, creates mixed media works that engage topics ranging from global politics and cultural multiplicity, to mass media and gender roles. (From the Peabody Essex Museum website)