In 2010, when MF Husain was conferred Qatar nationality, the artist acknowledged it through a sketch that featured his trademark horse alongside words that expressed how he was “honoured”. Seven years after the modernist’s demise in 2011, the country is now celebrating his art through an exhibition that features his works spanning six decades. Taking place at the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar, curator Ranjit Hoskote describes the show titled “MF Husain: Horses Of The Sun” as “an introspective rather than a retrospective”. In a triptych, Husain celebrates the three Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and another series of lithographs is dedicated to the world religions, including Humanism. We just see him as a maker of paintings and forget that there were other incredible dimensions to his work,” says Hoskote.

Source: Indian Express April 21, 2019 18:39 UTC