2026.46.2

Ruined Score (2)

Shah, Seher (Artist)‎

[Visual Description] An abstracted image that references sheet music but with altered angles, areas of light and dark forms and the inclusion of the dust and scratches of the plate. "Ruined Score" is a 2020 portfolio of 12 etchings by artist Seher Shah. These works blend architectural abstraction with musical notation, featuring layered, distorted staves that resemble city plans or train tracks. The series explores fragmented lines and themes of memory, often interpreting urban spaces like Delhi and Karachi. Seher Shah (b. 1975, Karachi, lives and works in Barcelona) received her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1998. Shah works across drawing, printmaking, and sculpture, exploring ideas in architecture and perspective drawing traditions. For over two decades, the intimacy of the hand through mark-making has been a source of curiosity, research, and experimentation in her practice. Her work speaks to the poetics and fractures of how we view the landscape around us, through the historical and the intimate. Her works can be found in the collections of museums such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Queens Museum, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Tate Modern, London; Art Jameel Collection, Dubai; and Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi.

Glasgow, Lanarkshire

2020 - 2020

Etching

GPS publication