Talal Faisal

Born in 1992 in Karachi (Pakistan)
Lives and works in Lahore (Pakistan)

Talal Faisal is an emerging artist based in Lahore. He received his early education at Aitchison College, Lahore and then graduated with honors from the School of Visual Arts at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore in 2016. He has taken part in group exhibitions in Karachi.

Talal Faisal has two works on view at KB17. In one he has constructed toys from wheat, speaking to the recent proliferation of Chinese-made soft toys in the markets and roadside stalls of Pakistan. In this installation, the artist wishes to address the successive legacies of British, American and Chinese influence in his country. He writes: “Chinese toys displayed in wheat is a satirical take on the dominance of a superpower on a Third World agrarian economy already battling with food insecurity. Wheat is an important signifier in this case.”