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Shahzia Sikander To Desire from the series Flip-Flop 2004 ink and gouache on prepared paper 37.47 x 28.58 cm San Diego Museum of Art, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Asian Arts Council Image courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York © the artist
Shahzia Sikander 51 Ways of Looking, Group B: #7 2004 graphite, ink on paper 30.5 x 22.9 cm Private collection, New York Image courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York © the artist
Shahzia Sikander Land-Escapes, Series 3: #3 2005 ink and gouache on prepared paper 15.2 x 25.4 cm LAC Collection Image courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York © the artist
Shahzia Sikander Dispersion 2005 ink and gouache on hand-prepared wasli paper 26.7 x 17.8 cm Collection of Mandy and Cliff Einstein Image courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York © the artist
Shahzia Sikander The Illustrated Page (edition #2) 2005-06 gouache and hand painting, gold leaf, silk-screened segment on paper 142.2 x 94 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art: Purchased with the Marion Stroud Fund for Contemporary Art on Paper in honour of Innis Howe Shoemaker, 2006 Produced in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia Image courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York © the artist
Shahzia Sikander The Illustrated Page (edition #1) 2005-06 gouache and hand painting, gold leaf, silk-screened segment on paper 142.2 x 94 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art: Purchased with the Marion Stroud Fund for Contemporary Art on Paper in honour of Innis Howe Shoemaker, 2006 Produced in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia Image courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York © the artist
Shahzia Sikander Pathology of Suspension, #12 (detail) 2006 ink and gouache on prepared paper 197 x 131 cm Collection of Aziz and Nadira Kurtha, Dubai, UAE Image courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York © the artist
Shahzia Sikander To Reflect from the series Flip-Flop 2004 ink and gouache on prepared paper 38.74 x 28.89 cm San Diego Museum of Art, Museum purchase Image courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York © the artist
Shahzia Sikander To Rule Again from the series Flip-Flop 2004 ink and gouache on prepared paper 37.47 x 28.58 cm San Diego Museum of Art, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Asian Arts Council Image courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York © the artist
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In Conversation - Shahzia Sikander

Running Time: 28:55

Shahzia Sikander discusses her work in conversation with MCA Senior Curator Rachel Kent.

Image: Shahzia Sikander To Rule Again from the series Flip-Flop 2004 ink and gouache on prepared paper San Diego Museum of Art, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Asian Arts Council Image courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York ? the artist

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In Conversation - Shahzia Sikander

Running Time: 28:55

Shahzia Sikander discusses her work in conversation with MCA Senior Curator Rachel Kent.

Image: Shahzia Sikander To Rule Again from the series Flip-Flop 2004 ink and gouache on prepared paper San Diego Museum of Art, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Asian Arts Council Image courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York ? the artist

SHAHZIA SIKANDER



27 November 2007 - 17 February 2008

This summer, discover the eloquent and intricately beautiful paintings and watercolours of Shahzia Sikander. Born in Pakistan, Sikander studied painting in the Indo- Persian miniaturist tradition before relocating to New York in 1993, where further studies saw her develop a distinctive iconography referencing history, mythology and popular culture.

Sikander’s work is characterised by its precision of line and delicacy of touch: from tightly structured miniature paintings to larger, more loosely formed watercolours in which pigments stain and bleed into one another. Historical tradition meets contemporary interpretation, incorporating both figurative and abstract elements.

Since 2001 Sikander has also worked with digital animation, setting her miniatures into motion. Images break apart and reform in new hybrid permutations, while sound adds a further dimension.

The artist will create a major site-specific work on the gallery wall as part of her MCA exhibition.

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