Mirage Canyon

In Mirage Canyon, part of a new series entitled, Mirage Mountainscapes, artist Fareen Butt expands upon her foray into visionary and hallucinatory abstract landscape through her signature lens of crushed gemstone, mineral and precious metal-based pigments. Inspired by aerial landscape photography, the works explore the sacred geography of Kailasha and Everest amidst the Himalayan peaks, the Egyptian mountain desert of Mount Sinai, and the pale granite expanse of the Sierra Nevadas. “Expressed through the solid, exceptional medium of gemstones and precious metals,” the artist explained, “the works embody the opulent existence of permanence and omnipresence which permeate these landscapes. Like a mirage on the horizon, there is a more ethereal perspective upon these lands captured by these paintings.” The work was curated by Colab Projects Group.