MASHQ
  Green Cardamom, London, 10th July 2009 to 26th September 2009
  Tuesday to Friday, 12-6, other times by appointment

  Hamra Abbas, Rehana Mangi, Timo Nasseri, Imran Qureshi, Rashid Rana, Anwar Jalal Shemza, Hadi Tabatabai and Mohammad Ali Talpur

The word 'mashq' means practice, exercise, lesson or drill in both Urdu and Farsi. The exhibition explores how different forms of repetition found in everyday cultural practices –sewing patterns, architectural design, text and writing – seep into artistic practice. Informed by artists working in the context of Islamic cultures, the exhibition investigates an often overlooked route to geometric abstraction and minimalism.