Shahzia Sikander by Shahzia Sikander - ISBN: 9781580936415
Hardcover
Identity, history, and feminist art converge in Sikander’s groundbreaking journey.

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    232 pages

  • Release Date

    11 February 2025

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Summary

Born in Pakistan and active in New York since the 1990s, Shahzia Sikander navigates the interplay of multiple identities, encompassing a range of artistic disciplines in her work and critically reinterpreting South Asian material history. Sikander’s distinctly feminist iconography centers the narratives of immigrant women to challenge Eurocentric art histories and counter Orientalist scholarship.

This volume, accompanying a major mid-career retrospective concurrently at the Cincinnati…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781580936415
ISBN-10:1580936415
Author:Shahzia Sikander, Ainsley M. Cameron, Emily Liebert, Manan Ahmed, Aruna D’Souza, Bhanu Kapil, Rosalind Morris, Fred Moten, Victoria Sung
Publisher:Monacelli Press
Imprint:Monacelli Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:232
Release Date:11 February 2025
Weight:1.44kg
Dimensions:279mm x 228mm
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Critics Review

‘Celebrate[s] boundary-pushing work.’ – Publisher’s Weekly

About The Author

Shahzia Sikander

Shahzia Sikander was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and since 1993 has lived and worked in the United States. Her primary residence is New York City.

Ainsley M. Cameron is the Curator of South Asian Art, Islamic Art and Antiquities at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Emily Liebert is the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Manan Ahmed and Rosalind C. Morris are authors and professors at Columbia University.

Aruna D Souza is an independent art writer and critic.

Bhanu Kapil and Fred Moten are poets.

Victoria Sung is a curator at Berkeley Art Museum.

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