‘Intersections’ installation opens at Rice Gallery

Rice Art Gallery

“Intersections,” a new installation by Pakistanti-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha, opened at Rice University Art Gallery Sept. 24 and will be on display through Dec. 6. Agha used light and cast shadow to transform the gallery into a place that alludes to Islamic sacred spaces dense with geometric ornamentation and pattern, according to Rice Gallery. “Intersections” was inspired by Agha’s visit to the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Built in the ninth century as a castle fortress, the Alhambra fell into ruin before being restored and reconstructed from the 11th to 15th centuries by rulers of the last Muslim dynasty in Spain. For more information on the installation, visit www.ricegallery.org/anila-agha. (Photo by Jeff Fitlow)