24/06/2026
Zarina’s () work holds more than ideas of belonging.
It carries the weight of Partition and everything that followed in its wake: the splitting of British India, a home that barely survived the divide, and decades later, the persecution of Muslim communities after 9/11. Look closely, and you will find an archive of what was lived and lost.
On view at STPI until 1 August.
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Footage featured:
- Fathephur Sikri, India
- Refugees travelling to their respective countries after the independence of Pakistan.
- Rohingya refugees at Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Image credits:
- Zarina, Letters from Home, 2004, Portfolio of eight woodblocks and metalcuts printed in black on handmade Kozo paper and mounted on Somerset paper. © Zarina. Image courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Photo by Farzad Owrang.
- Zarina, Dividing Line, 2001, Woodcut printed in black on Nepalese handmade paper mounted on Arches cover white paper. © Zarina. Image courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Private Collection, New York City. Photo by Robert Wedemeyer.
- Zarina, These Cities Blotted into the Wilderness (Adrienne Rich after Ghalib), 2003, Portfolio of nine woodcuts with Urdu text printed in black on Okawara paper and mounted on Somerset paper. © Zarina. Image courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Photo by Robert Wedemeyer. Edition 18 of 20 currently on display in Zarina: Directions to my House, is on loan from Ishara Art Foundation and the Prabhakar Collection, Dubai.
- Zarina, Abyss, 2013, Woodcut on BFK light paper mounted on Somerset Antique paper. © Zarina. Image courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Photo by Farzad Owrang. Edition 6 of 20 currently on display in Zarina: Directions to my House, is on loan from Shumita and Arani Bose Collection, New York.
