{"title":"Hanif Kureshi","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/7714\/6301\/files\/Hanif_Kureshi_Profile_600x600.jpg?v=1771962842\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA multidisciplinary artist and designer, \u003cstrong\u003eHanif Kureshi\u003c\/strong\u003e’s practice explored the intersection of art, typography, and street culture. Deeply committed to making art accessible to wider audiences, he absorbed the language of the streets into his work – transforming everyday signs, phrases, and visual codes into compositions that balanced irony, beauty, and social reflection. Often combining multiple media within a single piece, his works operated as acts of both memory-making and cultural preservation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHanif’s ongoing \u003cem\u003eHandPaintedType\u003c\/em\u003e Project sought to document and revive India’s vernacular street typography—a distinctive and rapidly vanishing aspect of local visual culture. Through this and his broader practice, he positioned Indian scripts as dynamic, living forms capable of contemporary expression and abstraction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Co-Founder and Artistic Director of St+art India Foundation, Hanif played a pivotal role in transforming the Indian urban landscape through large-scale murals, public art interventions, and the creation of art districts across cities. His vision brought emerging artists into the streets and redefined how public art engages with communities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn parallel, he co-founded Guerrilla Art \u0026amp; Design, XXL Collective, and Gallery XXL, through which he expanded his creative explorations into design, curation, and spatial experimentation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHanif's extensive oeuvre as an independent street artist also included widely acclaimed murals, installations, and mixed media projects. Notable examples include the Swarovski Mela \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ei\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003en Austria (2017), featuring a HandPaintedType installation curated by Manish Arora; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChakraview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at the First London Design Biennale (2016), presented in collaboration with Sumant Jayakrishnan and the India Design Forum at Somerset House; the Pavilion Design for India at Grand Palais, Ephemera, Paris (2021); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLes Extatiques : La Défense \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein Paris (2018), curated by Fabrice Bousteau; Triennale Design Museum, New India Designscape, Milan (2012); and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCOMMERCIAL BREAK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Garage Projects, 54th Venice Biennale (2011). In 2016, GQ magazine named Hanif as one of the 50 most influential young Indians. Hanif’s works were last exhibited at Wildstyle Gallery in Uppsala, Sweden in June 2024 before his passing in September 2024.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"untitled-2-copy","title":"Zawiya, 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eDigital print on 200 GSM archival paper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e23.4 x 16.5 inches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition of 75\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.galleryxxl.com\/artists\/53-hanif-kureshi\/biography\/\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the artist:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.galleryxxl.com\/artists\/48-do\/biography\/#\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA multidisciplinary artist and designer, \u003cstrong\u003eHanif Kureshi\u003c\/strong\u003e’s practice explored the intersection of art, typography, and street culture. 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