The exquisite explosions of Fawad Khan's work combine the bourgeoning issue of war with several automotive motifs that represent different cultural experiences and influences throughout his life. His works question the use of the automobile, an invention used for the purpose of transportation but becoming more and more a tool of destruction. Of Pakistani roots, born in Libya and growing up in suburban Maryland, Khan focuses on car bombs, Pakistani buses and US muscle cars, putting them in conversation with one another. Surrounding the deconstructed car forms are the spiraling forms of disintegrating camouflaged figures. The disintegration of military fatigue prints results in a Deconstructivist manipulation of wave-like camouflage forms where one can almost hear the silent explosion of the car bombs.

Ambiguity is an important element of Khan’s work. Khan is interested in the relationship between the viewer and the artwork. The seemingly scattered elements in each drawing or collage demand the active participation of the viewer. Though the collected parts of each work are suggestive, the conversation about the meaning of each picture can only be complete when it is informed by the viewer’s personal background and experience.

Fawad Khan was born in Tripoli, Libya in 1978 to a father born in Ajmer, India and a mother of Punjabi-Kashmiri roots born in Sukkur, Pakistan. Khan currently resides and works in New York City, exhibiting nationally and internationally, most recently in New York, Canada, India, and Hong Kong. His work has been featured at The Armory Show, Exit Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art (organized through Deitch Projects), The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Rotunda Gallery, Dunlop Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan and Smack Mellon, among others. Fawad Khan's first solo exhibition was held in 2008 at 33 Bond Gallery in New York City. In 2009, he was a recipient of the Lower East Side Printshop's Special Editions Residency and has lectured on his work at numerous venues.
“The Road Taken” marks Fawad Khan’s first solo exhibition in New Delhi, India.