Traces and Temporalities: The Art of Rummana Hussain and Nasreen Mohamedi

Join us for a program with art historians Ananya Sikand and Rattanamol Singh Johal AAAinA is honored to present an evening of research sharing and conversation between the art historians Ananya Sikand and Rattanamol Singh Johal. In examining the traces and temporalities that surface in the lives and works of the Indian artists Rummana Hussain (1952-1999) and Nasreen Mohamedi (1937-1990), this program will bring together the practices of two artists who are typically not read together due to their formal divergences. Sikand will present a talk drawing on her larger doctoral dissertation project, Muslim Unbelonging: Conceptual and Performance Art in Post-Independence South Asia (1970-2020), which reframes histories of conceptual and performance art of South Asia and its diaspora via the dialectic of belonging and unbelonging. She will then be joined in conversation by Dr. Johal. Cover Image: Rummana Hussain, A Space for Healing. 1999. Image from Geeta Kapur and Vivan Sundaram Archive. Courtesy of Geeta Kapur and Asia Art Archive. Registration through our Eventbrite portal is required for all AAAinA programming. Suggested donation is $5. The minimum required donation is $1. Light refreshments will be provided. Programs begin promptly, so please arrive 5-10 minutes early. The event is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, and other foundations and individuals.