Lucy Rees: Violence, terrorist attacks and turbulent politics in Pakistan are frequently projected by the media. What is your experience living there? What does it mean to be an artist in Pakistan today?
Imran Qureshi: Living in Pakistan is wonderful. I could never live anywhere else, honestly. I am very comfortable here in my country. The environment is very challenging of course, but the contemporary artists are really bold. They are talking about really core issues; I don’t think they are having any problems. Of course there are censorship issues and restrictions as there are even in the West, where paintings are stripped off the wall for sensitivity reasons. That happens here too. If the artist is intelligent, though, they can find their way of saying what they want. Pakistani contemporary art really moves you. More here.