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Eazel – Learning Hinglish in New York City: An Interview with Maria Qamar
By: Jenna Ferrey August 28, 2019 Maria Qamar’s bright Pop-Art canvases have brough a splash of color to Richard Taittinger Gallery and New York City’s Lower East Side. Qamar’s exhibition FRAAAANDSHIP! explores some of the realities and challenges of gender,…
Artnet News – How Maria Qamar’s Feminist Desi Pop Art Went Viral on Instagram, Charmed Mindy Kaling, and Broke Into the New York Art World
By: Sarah Cascone August 22, 2019 The title of artist Maria Qamar’s first solo show, “Fraaaandship,” comes from a popular pickup line among South Asian men. The Canadian-Pakistani artist—who has become an Instagram sensation for her feminist-tinged, Pop art-influenced riffs…
Fine Art Globe – Interview: Maria Qamar’s Big Reveal
By: Heather Zises August 22, 2019 Currently disrupting the white walls at Richard Taittinger Gallery is Fraaaandship!, Desi-Pop artist Maria Qamar’s inaugural solo show in New York City. Playful and bright, the exhibition (which runs from August 1 to October 6), features colorful works…
The American Bazaar – Pop artist Maria Qamar’s Solo Exhibition ‘Fraaaandship!’ Captures Quirks and Eccentricities of Growing up Desi
By: Zofeen Maqsood August 15, 2019 If you are a desi girl and have lived in the subcontinent growing up, then chances are that sometime in your life you must have gotten an offer for Fraaandship from a fellow desi guy…
Brown Girl Magazine – Hatecopy on Her Solo Exhibition, ‘FRAAAANDSHIP,’ and its Roaring Success
By: Sandeep Panesar August 13, 2019 Maria Qamar, aka Hatecopy, is hosting hundreds of guests all month long after she unveiled her latest collection titled ‘FRAAAANDSHIP,’ at the Richard Tattinger Gallery in New York City, on August 1,…
VICE – Maria Qamar Refuses to Keep Her Art a Secret Anymore
By: Bettina Makalintal August 19, 2019 The internet has been good for Maria Qamar, the Toronto-based artist known as @hatecopy, giving her not just a platform for art she once did in secret, but also a community of over 176,000…
Time Out New York – The Top Five New York Art Shows This Week
By: Howard Halle August 19, 2019 With New York’s art scene being so prominent yet ever changing, you’ll want to be sure to catch significant shows. Time Out New York rounds up the top five art exhibitions of the week, from…
Bedford and Bowery – The Last Little Skips Shows and More Art This Week
By: Cassidy Dawn Graves July 30, 2019 Fraaaandship! Opening Thursday, August 1 at Richard Taittinger Gallery, 6 pm to 8 pm. On view through September 2. This exhibition marks “desi-pop” artist Maria Qamar’s first solo show in the city, but you…
Forbes – Desi-Pop Artist Maria Qamar Hosts First Solo Show And Shares Her Journey In The Business Of Art
By: Jia Wertz August 16, 2019 Maria Qamar, a Desi-Pop artist who became Instagram-famous for her South Asian art, is hosting her first solo show in New York City at the Richard Taittinger Gallery until September 2nd, a contemporary art gallery that focuses…
New York Times – Maria Qamar’s Bold Art Is Both Therapy and Weapon
By: Alisha Haridasani Gupta August 14, 2019 A 10-foot-tall inflatable red lota, a wall covered with balloons resembling bags of Maggi noodles, and a painting of an angry bindi-wearing woman declaring “Mera jism, mera hathyar!” These works of art at Maria Qamar’s exhibition, “Fraaaandship!,” at Richard…