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A collection of newly commissioned and existing texts that include artist writing, curatorial formulations and academic essays.

Zarina’s Urdu World

An essay by Sarah Burney reflecting on Zarina’s use of the Urdu language in her practice as an assertion of her identity.

‘From Z to A: Zarina and Ali Kazim’s Linguistic Co-Habitation’ by Hammad Nasar

Curatorial essay for ‘Urdu Worlds’ by Hammad Nasar

‘A Circle of Impermanence and Strength: A Reading of Ayesha Sultana’s Practice’ by Suheyla Takesh

Essay by Suheyla Takesh written in response to Ayesha Sultana’s exhibition ‘Fragility and Resilience’

Sheher, Prakriti, Devi: Experiments in World Making

Emily Avery Yoshiko Crow, Tree Deity (2023). Image Courtesy of the artist. In 2020, I was due to create an exhibition around my work about Indian cities, called Rememory (after Toni Morrison), for Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke in Mumbai. All of that long and still summer of Covid, I sat..

‘Drawing Breath’ by Amal Khalaf

Essay by Amal Khalaf written in response to Jitish Kallat’s exhibition ‘Order of Magnitude’

‘Growing Like A Tree’ by Sohrab Hura

Essay by Sohrab Hura written as an extension to his curated exhibition ‘Growing Like A Tree’