CRAVEN Museum and Gallery, Skipton, will host a new exhibition showcasing some of the top contemporary Islamic artists working in the UK.
The world-class Faith In Art exhibition, run in collaboration with the Muslim Museum Initiative, opens on Friday February 5 and runs until March 28.
Curated by Initiative founder Mobeen Butt, the exhibition will bring together ten exceptional artists and will showcase calligraphy, geometry, arabesque, illumination, miniature painting, wood crafting, paper-cutting, embroidery, fabric printing and three dimensional works.
“Art has the power to transcend, it can bring worlds together, evoke emotions, pierce through politics, tell stories, and take people to distant times and far off places. The Faith in Art Exhibition aims to do all the above and more," said Mr Butt.
“This will be a rare and unmissable opportunity to see such a spectacular array of contemporary Islamic art exhibited outside of London, Dubai, Qatar or Malaysia.
“Synonymous with Islam, and, I believe, the religion’s real strength, this exhibition will show that there can be ‘unity within diversity’ and ‘diversity within unity’.’’
The Faith in Art Exhibition will also include work created at a five-week Introduction to Arabic Calligraphy course and a paper-cutting workshop inspired by Turkish Iznik patterns, which takes place next Saturday,January 30.
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