Kaaba Pop-Ups, initially commissioned for KOCHI-MUZIRIS BIENNALE 2014 was a series of 24 hand-made paper sculptures in various shades of blue intricately folded into Islamic stalactite patterns, which at their centre contain a three-dimensional boxlike space reminiscent of the Kaaba. A miniature artist by training but more famed for her photography and multi-media work, Abbas marks a return with this project to working with paper on a dramatically intricate scale.
Laura Egerton
