January 02, 2006PERCEPTIONS: Glory in the details: Shahzia, supreme miniaturist
Shahzia Sikander. Pleasure Pillars, 2001. Water color, dry pigment, on Wasli paper. More on Shahzia here, here, and here. Posted by Sughra Raza at 09:26 AM | Permalink TrackBackTrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/88378/3951309 Listed below are links to weblogs that reference PERCEPTIONS: Glory in the details: Shahzia, supreme miniaturist: |
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There's no denying her talent. But what's also clear is that her paintings are also historically and formally thoughtful.
Posted by: Robin | Jan 2, 2006 11:08:50 AM
Lovely as usual.
BB
Posted by: ameraraza | Jan 2, 2006 1:59:41 PM
Amazing painting! I have seen it at an exhibition, and the colors and exquisite detail are stunning up close. The work is so painstaking (done mostly with a single-hair brush!) that it takes Shahzia months to do a single painting sometimes. I wish that she would make some of her brilliant computer animations available online. (Yes, that's a hint, Shahzia.)
Posted by: Abbas Raza | Jan 2, 2006 5:51:27 PM
Yes, Shahzia's work is not only stunningly beautiful to look at, but also laden with well considered iconographic commentary on current political, social and aesthetic issues, all within the formal architecture of her chosen style.
In response to your comment Abbas, I actually prefer that I have to make a special trip somewhere to see her computer animation work, just like I prefer to see the real paintings. I don't want everything to be available on line, because too much is lost in that translation.
At least thus far, I like the extra specialness afforded to any work by the fanfare of it's location or "housing". (like seeing a film in a theater with proper sound and lighting, to use a mundane example).
The only other place I'd want to see her work is in her studio. (Yes, Shahzia, this too is a hint!).
Posted by: Ga | Jan 3, 2006 8:33:29 AM
Yeah, Ga, but aren't computer animations meant to be seen on a computer?
Posted by: Abbas Raza | Jan 4, 2006 3:26:19 AM
Right, you wouldn't lose resolution in looking at the animations on the home computer. I was referring more to the ambience of a gallery which becomes an integral part of the viewing experience: the computer screen mounted on a white wall, with other works displayed nearby; and also the fact that you have travelled to the gallery for the viewing in a certain frame of mind.
Viewing works of art casually at home in between blogging or e-mail, one could argue, hardly does justice to the painstaking months Shahzia put into creating that work.
Of course you could spend hours looking at the piece at home perhaps on a large, high res monitor, better than at the gallery!
I personally like the process of going to the gallery, and all that entails.
Posted by: Ga | Jan 4, 2006 10:06:45 AM
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