” IN THE BREAK “, a group show curated by Aziz Sohail opens on Tuesday December 23rd, 2025, from 4 pm – 7 pm @ Canvas Gallery, featuring works by Anushka Rustomji, Bibi Hajra, Maha Ahmed, Nusra Latif Qureshi and Sara Khan.
a break
an interruption
a crack
a pause
a rupture
an in – between
The exhibition visits practices that are produced in/with/against/in proximity to the break. The artists draw upon diverse mythologies, embodied experiences, diasporic and migrant desires and dreams, to depict worlds that are both fantastical and yet relatable. They depict daily stories and lives amidst a moment of mediatised genocide, anti-immigrant sentiment, political breakdown and climate catastrophe.
As the curator writes ‘How do we think of these very large events and where do they dovetail with our daily life? How do we navigate this with the monotonous bureaucracy of the state; tasks of caring for ourselves and families, of moving and removing, settling and resettling, milestones of graduation and life – responsibilities that are much more present and visible, the minor key as it were. How to think about practice and the invisible labour of it – especially for artists as mothers, artists as migrants, artists as caregivers, amidst a destroyed ecology – of air that is unbreathable, streets that are unwalkable?’
Looking at the works closely, one witnesses bodies – human and non-human – suspended in time and space, architectural and urban landscapes – imagined and real, flora and fauna bursting through seams and cracks. There is a feeling of haunting, even amidst much joy and beauty – an eerie sense that the balance may be disrupted, in the tenuous and temporary break.
The exhibition remains open daily until Thursday, January 1st, 2026, from 11 am – 7 pm (closed Sundays)
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