The other heart of the universe

I found out that a painting I called Heart of the Universe is the No. 1 search return for that same phrase via Google. The image and text below were connected to return No. 2:


"Mumtaz Hussain's recent paintings continue the artist's engagement with language and history. The relationship of hieroglyphs in his new work contracts with Hussain's calligraphic paintings that invoked the Islamic tradition of poetry as visual expression, the new paintings are an attempt to make direct pictorial statements. The esoteric has given way to a universal communication. Ironically, Hussain has had to reach for one of the earliest civilizations, the Indus Valley, for inspiration to make paintings that are both contemporary and immediate."