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A fleeting moment of infinity
Hasan Ali Kadiwala & Balland-Galante, 10 October - 30 November 2025

A fleeting moment of infinity: Hasan Ali Kadiwala & Balland-Galante

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Hasan Ali Kadiwala, Shafaq-e-Sunehri (Golden Evening), 2025

Hasan Ali Kadiwala

Shafaq-e-Sunehri (Golden Evening), 2025
Acrylic & oil, laser engraving on torched wood
121.9 x 121.9 cm
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This work emerges from the memories and atmosphere of my village. At the time of Maghrib, when the Azaan rises through the air, I often look at the sky and feel that the birds themselves are joining in prayer. Their collective flight forms shifting patterns that, to me, resemble Arabic and Urdu letters, as if the sky is inscribed with a living script of devotion. Below, the ground recalls the red soil of my hometown, where bricks are stacked in open fields. At sunset, golden light sometimes falls on these bricks, making them glow like metal, though only for a fleeting moment. In the distance, tall chimneys cut the horizon, softened by scattered patches of grass. As night falls, faint red and yellow tube lights used by labourers shine like the illusion of a faraway city. In the foreground, goats walk home with their caretaker, grounding the scene in village life.
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