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From Birmingham to Berlin, by way of Manchester, Shoreditch and Hackney, Faisal Hussain’s work spans both generations and geographies, acting as a heartfelt call to arms for earnest spectators yearning for something more than just a gesture in the face of crisis.

This important exhibition offered a necessary glimpse into an incredibly significant half- a century of British-Asian culture

Birmingham artist Faisal Hussain’s We Must Not Be Extreme has been purchased by Birmingham Museums. It is part of an existing series of sculptural works that challenge Prevent, entitled Suspect Objects Suspect Subjects.

The artwork combines two common cliches of the migrant communities: its production of food with society’s fear of extremism.

But the archive is more than just a catalogue of exciting and rare music: it is also a social history, tracing the changing lifestyles and listening habits of the 20th-century diaspora in the Midlands.

Following the launch of the archive’s first exhibition at Manchester Museum this month, Kelly Doherty catches up with Hussain to find out more about the archive and how it came into his hands.

A new exhibition opening at Manchester Museum will showcase one of the largest vinyl archives of South Asian music in the UK.

The creator, local artist Faisal Hussain, explained that signage is "how immigrants introduce themselves and their businesses and how they're surviving on the High Street".

Faisal Hussain is not oppressed or marginalized. He is a privileged member of Britain’s new elite. He has an art show featured at a respected London art gallery, despite the fact that his work has absolutely no artistic value.

The result is a playful attempt at unravelling some of the most divisive issues that have been identified by Muslim communities both in Britain and abroad

An artist has taken inspiration from his suitcase for a new exhibition highlighting the prejudice he and others have faced as Muslims.