Letters from Home-IV
2004
65.0 x 47.0 cm
Devi Art Foundation
Zarina Hashmi (1937 – 2020)
Ontdek de evocatieve prenten en sculpturen van Zarina Hashmi over ontheemding, thuis en identiteit. Een minimalistische pionier die Indiaas erfgoed verbindt met wereldwijde thema's.
Devi Art Foundation (Gurugram, India)
Devi Art Foundation is a leading contemporary art museum in Gurugram, India, established by Anupam and Lekha Poddar. Focusing on South Asian art forms—including tribal and experimental pieces—it houses over 7,000 artworks and operates with independence to foster artistic dialogue. Highlights include diverse paintings, sculptures, and exhibitions promoting Indian culture internationally.
After Partition, it was hard to cross into Pakistan as an Indian citizen. My sister Rani’s letters connected me to the family I had been separated from.In Fourth Letter, Rani writes about leaving her house, now that her children have moved away from their home in Pakistan. With her daughter married and her son studying in the United States, the house felt too large for her husband and her. She ends her letter with, “my little sister, please don’t cry, but when you come to the house it feels like home and I missed you very much when you didn’t visit this spring.”When I could visit her house, she would lead me to the garden and say, “Remember this fragrance?” It would be a plant that grew in our family’s garden in Aligarh. She had filled her garden with plants and flowers from our childhood home, and in a way she was creating a home we could share. Many people have asked why I titled this portfolio Letters from Home when I have never lived in Pakistan. For me, home is not a place. It is wherever the people you care about most are waiting for you.
Over dit kunstwerk
- Titel: Letters from Home-IV
- Kunstenaar: Zarina Hashmi
- Jaar: 2004
- Oorspronkelijke afmetingen: 65.0 x 47.0 cm
- Formaat: Portrait
- Auteursrechtelijke status: Onder auteursrechtelijke bescherming
- Locatie: Devi Art Foundation
- Kleurenpalet: Neutrals
- Waargenomen helderheid: bright
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