Win You a Jet! The Musical—or Enter the Sharks and Jets Sweepstakes, Where the Prize Comes at a Price

Description

Umar Rashid’s work unfolds within the expansive mythology of the “Frenglish Empire,” a fictitious nation in an alternate timeline where history bends, fractures, and reassembles itself into a layered narrative of power, conflict, and capital. In this world, Rashid interrogates the structures that shape our reality—who seizes control, who is cast aside, and who profits from the cycles of conquest and complicity.

Pulling from pop culture, classical painting, and historical iconography, Rashid constructs dense, cinematic compositions where past and present collapse into one another. His works are rich with symbols, maps, and coded language, embedding humor and critique within an aesthetic that is both deeply researched and radically imagined. By reconstructing history on his own terms, Rashid challenges viewers to reconsider the stories we inherit and the forces that continue to shape the world around us.

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