This publication accompanies Raqib Shaw's exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery (15 February - 26 May 2013) and Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague (6 June - 15 September 2013). Raqib Shaw is an Indian-born, London based artist whose gloriously opulent paintings and sculptures evoke Old Masters such as Holbein and Bosch, the lavish world of Persian miniatures and Kashmiri and Japanese textiles. Beneath their exquisite jewel-like surface, is a collection of dark and violent images inspired by ancient myths and religious tales from both East and Western traditions.