Tuesday, 28 February 2012

cultural art by Shiza Sikander

Sikander Shiza Sikander does indo-persian minature arts exploring past and present manifestations of life and everyday contemporary forms of living. she has a very proud and rich mixture of cultures consisting of Pakistani origin, born in India and now living and working in
America. she shows of her proud culture(s) by the rich colours and predominantly Indian figures with Pakistani clothing. In example the artwork above shows the lord Shiva riding a horse made up of men and women all drawn in traditional pakistani clothing along with the pillar behind the subject which shows Pakistani architectural design

2 comments:

  1. Fantastic Devin! She is a really interesting artist, I love how she combines traditional and cultural ideas with contemporary methods of making art.

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