CURRENT NEWS  SPR 2008

last update: 03.08

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RECENT SHOW: THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (SYDNEY)
The MCA, Sydney, Australia, Nov 27 - Feb 17, 2008 download press release


NOTEWORTHY ARTICLE: VIEW OF THE GLOBAL ARTIST
"...Traditionally, visual art has been a culturally reductive form of human expression, whereby communities, tribes, cities and countries have defined their identity. We have been quick to label art as ‘eastern or western’, ‘indigenous or foreign’, ‘Christian or Islamic’, and so the list goes on as galleries define their areas of specialty. However, artists such as Shahzia Sikander are transcending such categorisations and resent being exoticised as simply Asian or Pakistani."
read full article here

LAST YEAR: SHAHZIA SIKANDER NAMED A MACARTHUR FELLOW
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Fellows Program awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for
self-direction.
read more at macfound.org

PREVIOUS PRESS/EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN ARCHIVED.
TO VIEW FURTHER TEXT ON ANY OF THE SUBJECTS LISTED BELOW, PLEASE VISIT THE ARCHIVED NEWS

SOLO EXHBITION AT VALENTINA BONOMO ARTECONTEMPORANEA
IN ROME: "
MINIPHILIA" Opening October 3-6, 2006


THE QUIET IN THE LAND: Art and Education
Luang Prabang, Laos.   October 6 - October 11, 2006

RECENT SHOW JUST CLOSED AT THE FABRIC WORKSHOP AND MUSEUM PROJECT. PHILADELPHIA, PA   17 April - 17 June 2006

SHAHZIA SIKANDER HAS BEEN DESIGNATED
A YOUNG GLOBAL LEADER IN
2006 (World Economic Forum Affiliate)
Shahzia Sikander joins 175 leading executives, public figures and
intellectuals under the age of 40 from 50 countries who have been
selected to collectively shape the future.


Landing in Laos, Photograph taken by Shahzia.

 

 

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