"Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities" brings together nearly 60 of Sikander’s works, from public and private collections. The presentation tracks her groundbreaking deconstruction of manuscript painting in Pakistan; development of a new personal vocabulary in her graduate years at the Rhode Island School of Design; expanded explorations around identity at the Glassell School; and global approach during her first years in New York. Throughout that time, she richly interrogated gender, sexuality, race, class, and history, creating open-ended narratives that have sustained her as one of the most significant artists working today.
Sikander’s vibrant synthesis of traditional and contemporary art has played a critical role in recognizing a wider range of perspectives, including those of women, people of color, Muslims, and artists working outside the United States and Europe.
"Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities" brings together nearly 60 of Sikander’s works, from public and private collections. The presentation tracks her groundbreaking deconstruction of manuscript painting in Pakistan; development of a new personal vocabulary in her graduate years at the Rhode Island School of Design; expanded explorations around identity at the Glassell School; and global approach during her first years in New York. Throughout that time, she richly interrogated gender, sexuality, race, class, and history, creating open-ended narratives that have sustained her as one of the most significant artists working today.
Sikander’s vibrant synthesis of traditional and contemporary art has played a critical role in recognizing a wider range of perspectives, including those of women, people of color, Muslims, and artists working outside the United States and Europe.
"Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities" brings together nearly 60 of Sikander’s works, from public and private collections. The presentation tracks her groundbreaking deconstruction of manuscript painting in Pakistan; development of a new personal vocabulary in her graduate years at the Rhode Island School of Design; expanded explorations around identity at the Glassell School; and global approach during her first years in New York. Throughout that time, she richly interrogated gender, sexuality, race, class, and history, creating open-ended narratives that have sustained her as one of the most significant artists working today.
Sikander’s vibrant synthesis of traditional and contemporary art has played a critical role in recognizing a wider range of perspectives, including those of women, people of color, Muslims, and artists working outside the United States and Europe.