Abdullah M. I. Syed - The National: using art to tell stories of family who could not speak

Abdullah M.I. Syed, ‘Hong Kong Dollar HKD 20 (verso)’ from the series ‘Currency of Love’ 2021 (detail). Credit: Felicity Jenkins/AGNSW

At AGNSW, you can see Last Observances. It’s a video installation in which the Pakistan-born artist Abdullah M. I. Syed, recreates the domestic rituals of his mother, who passed away in 2019.