Manzil Monde: Nadira Husain

Nadira Husain’s work combines figures, symbols, and ornaments from different cultures in complex imageries that reflect her own multicultural experience. To achieve a coexistence of all elements, Husain harnesses painting, drawing, printing processes, traditional artisan practices and a range of materials including textile and ceramics. Several essays explore Nadira Husain’s oeuvre as a significant contribution to the discourse around postmigration, transculturality and feminism.Hybridisation and the translocation of motifs tease out similarities as well as divergences between myth and pop culture: the Indian deity, the cartoon character and the fashion label appear as equals in the universe of her art.Nadira Husain studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She is currently a visiting professor at the Berlin University of the Arts, where she co-teaches with the Belarusian artist Marina Naprushkina.
ISBN 9783969120897. DCV. pb. 136 pages. 100 ills. 22 x 28 cm.
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