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X-WR-CALNAME:Shahzia Sikander: Exhibition Tour with the Artist\, in Convers
 ation with Patricia Blessing
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DESCRIPTION:This exhibition tour brings Shahzia Sikander and Dr. Patricia B
 lessing\, Associate Professor of Art & Art History\, into conversation as 
 they move through Collective Behavior.\n\nThe event will begin with a rece
 ption at 4:00 pm\, followed by a conversation led by Art & Art History Pro
 fessor Patricia Blessing\, and an exhibition tour with the artist in dialo
 gue.\n\nFor more than three decades\, Shahzia Sikander (born 1969\, Lahore
 \, Pakistan) has been reframing South Asian visual histories through a con
 temporary feminist perspective. Sikander’s command of diverse media and 
 traditions\, from historical South Asian miniature paintings to digital an
 imation\, reveals a vibrant visual universe that reimagines the past for o
 ur present moment. Throughout her practice\, she considers diasporic exper
 iences\, histories of colonialism\, and Western relations with the global 
 south and the wider Islamic world\, often through the lens of gender and b
 ody politics.\n\nRather than proceeding chronologically\, Collective Behav
 ior follows Sikander’s primary ideas and inquiries throughout her work\,
  rooted as they are in a recurring lexicon of forms\, figures\, and ideas.
  Beginning with Sikander’s extraordinary undergraduate thesis work\, The
  Scroll\, the exhibition explores Sikander’s role as an American artist\
 , a Pakistani artist\, a Muslim artist\, and a feminist artist. Perhaps mo
 st significantly\, it situates Sikander as a transformative global citizen
  and artist committed to disrupting established historical narratives.\n\n
 Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior premiered as a Collateral Event of t
 he 60th International Art Exhibition—La Biennale di Venezia\, co-organiz
 ed by the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art. After Ven
 ice\, complementary iterations of the exhibition opened across Ohio. At th
 e Cantor\, this exhibition is connected to the museum’s Asian American A
 rt Initiative (AAAI) and represents the most significant solo show of an A
 sian American artist associated with this initiative to date. Shahzia Sika
 nder: Collective Behavior is accompanied by a vividly illustrated catalogu
 e featuring scholarly and poetic responses to the artist’s work.
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LOCATION:Cantor Arts Center\, Diekman Rotunda
SUMMARY:Shahzia Sikander: Exhibition Tour with the Artist\, in Conversation
  with Patricia Blessing
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/shahzia-sikander
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
CATEGORIES:Social Event/Reception
CATEGORIES:Tour
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