Artist Faiza Butt on Exploring Sexuality and Islam

Faiza Butt is a Pakistan-born artist who currently lives and works in London. Her rich and sumptuous works are known for being highly erotic and lavish, mixing digital technologies with traditional Asian and Middle Eastern artistic practices and traditions. After studying at the National College of Arts in Pakistan, Butt moved to London to complete a postgraduate course at the Slade School of Fine Art, and was was awarded the UNESCO-Aschberg bursary allowing her to practice in Durban, South Africa, while running artistic workshops for women in shantytowns. AnOther sat down with the artist ahead of her participation in a show opening in London this week, entitled The Unbreakable Rope: An Exploration of Sexuality in Islam, to discuss her work and the importance of the exhibition.

16 March 2016