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Shahzia Sikander BIOGRAPHY
Born 1969 Lahore, Pakistan. Known for: Abstract figurative painting, drawing, sculpture, animations, immigration themes.
"Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds," Exhibition Review, of Extraordinary Realities, the Morgan Library and Museum, The New York Times Art & Design Section, by Aruna D’Souza, August 19,... Read full biography
"Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds," Exhibition Review, of Extraordinary Realities, the Morgan Library and Museum, The New York Times Art & Design Section, by Aruna D’Souza, August 19, 2021. Sikander's study of miniature painting set the artist on a path to challenge terms that hem us... Read full biography
"Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds," Exhibition Review, of Extraordinary Realities, the Morgan Library and Museum, The New York Times Art & Design Section, by Aruna D’Souza, August 19, 2021. Sikander's study of miniature painting set the artist on a path to challenge terms that hem us in: East and West, masculine and feminine, abstraction and figuration. Shahzia Sikander’s Mirrat I (1989–90) is among the paintings in her new show, “Extraordinary Realities,” at the Morgan Library &... Read full biography
"Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds," Exhibition Review, of Extraordinary Realities, the Morgan Library and Museum, The New York Times Art & Design Section, by Aruna D’Souza, August 19, 2021. Sikander's study of miniature painting set the artist on a path to challenge terms that hem us in: East and West, masculine and feminine, abstraction and figuration. Shahzia Sikander’s Mirrat I (1989–90) is among the paintings in her new show, “Extraordinary Realities,” at the Morgan Library & Museum, which traces the first 15 years of her career. In a recent essay in The New York Times, the Pakistani-born artist Shahzia Sikander recalls the first question she was asked when she arrived at her M.F.A. program in the United States: “Are you... Read full biography
"Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds," Exhibition Review, of Extraordinary Realities, the Morgan Library and Museum, The New York Times Art & Design Section, by Aruna D’Souza, August 19, 2021. Sikander's study of miniature painting set the artist on a path to challenge terms that hem us in: East and West, masculine and feminine, abstraction and figuration. Shahzia Sikander’s Mirrat I (1989–90) is among the paintings in her new show, “Extraordinary Realities,” at the Morgan Library & Museum, which traces the first 15 years of her career. In a recent essay in The New York Times, the Pakistani-born artist Shahzia Sikander recalls the first question she was asked when she arrived at her M.F.A. program in the United States: “Are you here to make East meet West?”. The question chafed. What could those terms possibly mean for Si... Read full biography
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"Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds," Exhibition Review, of Extraordinary Realities, the Morgan Library and Museum, The New York Times Art & Design Section, by Aruna D’Souza, August 19, 2021
Sikander's study of miniature painting set the artist on a path to challenge terms that hem us in: East and West, masculine and feminine, abstraction and figuration.
Shahzia Sikander’s Mirrat I (1989–90) is among the paintings in her new show, “Extraordinary Realities,” at the Morgan Library & Museum, which traces the first 15 years of her career.
In a recent essay in The New York Times, the Pakistani-born artist Shahzia Sikander recalls the first question she was asked when she arrived at h...But wait, there's more...
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