Hamra Abbas, Trees: Gardens of Paradise, 2019, marble, 7 × 2.4 × 2.4 m, at Qasim Park, Karachi, 2019. Commissioned for the 2019 Karachi Biennale. Photo by Jamal Ashiqain. Courtesy the artist.
The thematic for KB19 is inspired by ecological consequences of dense urbanization – “Flight Interrupted: Eco-leaks from the Invasion Desk”. The title invokes loss of species of low flying birds wiped out by vertical structures in Karachi that broke their free flight and marginalized life-cycles.
KB19 is curated by artist Muhammad Zeeshan and takes place across seven venues, including Qasim park, where Hamra Abbas’s paneled cube of marble inlay, titled Trees: Gardens of Paradise (2019), is installed.
