“INTERWOVEN”: Works by visual artist Anila Quayyum Agha are on view at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa., through January 11. (Photography by Tim and Anita Ghebeles)

“Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven,” on view at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa., through January 11, is the most comprehensive exhibition to date of this important Pakistani American visual artist. It surveys two decades of the artist’s practice across media, including sculpture, embroidery, painting, and drawing. Comprising nearly 40 artworks drawn from key public and private collections, the exhibition illustrates the conceptual throughlines across the artist’s practice — interwoven concerns regarding belonging, access to knowledge and divine presence, and mutual solidarity. Whereas previous presentations of Agha’s work have focused on the artist’s signature light box pieces, for which she first gained critical and popular acclaim, this presentation contextualizes her signature light box pieces amongst her larger body of work.

Agha’s work prompts collective feelings of wonder and contemplation, disarming audiences with their splendor and allowing them to ponder deep questions regarding the history of women and the role of spirituality. She visually references wide-ranging sources and historical moments that center the interconnectedness of human stories, from the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain to medieval Venice to the American Light and Space movement of the 1960s. Her art demonstrates how the union of cultures can produce aesthetic spaces welcome to all.

“Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven” is organized by The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. The exhibition is curated by Jeremiah William McCarthy. Presentation of the exhibition at the Michener Art Museum is coordinated by Laura Turner Igoe and Joshua Lessard.

The exhibition is made possible by support from the Henry Luce Foundation, the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Hillman Foundation, the Heinz Endowments, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Fine Foundation.

The Michener Art Museum is at 138 South Pince Street in Doylestown, Pa. For more information, visit michenerartmuseum.org.