At Edinburgh Printmakers – Aqsa Arif solo show

Aqsa Arif presents a new solo exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers using South Asian folklore to explore themes of displacement and assimilation

• –  Aqsa Arif: Raindrops of Rani runs until 2 November 2025 at Edinburgh Printmakers and explores themes of fractured identity, displacement, and cultural synthesis through fantasy and world-building, using elements from South Asian folklore
• –  Aqsa Arif’s multimedia installation, encompassing film, textile screenprints and sculpture is set against the backdrop of the 2006 multi million pound Sony Bravia television commercial ‘Paint’ which saw 70,000 litres of coloured paint explode in and over her childhood council flat
• –  Raindrops of Rani draws on the folk tragedy Heer Ranjha and in particular the forced separation of a South Asian Princess who now finds herself in a council flat in Glasgow dealing with the pressures to assimilate in a hostile environment.
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