Shahzia Sikander experiments with the formal constructs of Indo-Persian miniature painting using video, animation, mural and collaboration with other artists. She has pioneered an interpretive and critically charged approach to the anachronistic genre of miniature painting. Underpinning the work is also Sikander’s interest in paradox, societies in flux, and formal and visual disruption as a means to cultivate new associations.

This talk is presented by UMMA and the Penny W. Stamps Speaker Series in conjunction with UMMA’s exhibition of Doris Duke’s Shangri La: Architecture, Landscape, and Islamic Art, on view January 25 - May 4, 2014. For more information about the exhibition and related programs, click here www.umma.umich.edu/insider/duke-programs.