Nadira Husain’s work appropriates symbols and stories from various cultural registers related to her own multicultural background. References to Mughal miniatures meet European comics and join anthropomorphic beings from furry fandom who immerse themselves in Sufi Islamic culture. In the flattening of fore- and background, perspective and scale, Husain’s paintings eliminate inherent formal hierarchies. Her painting practice follows in form and intention the logics of connectivity and relations, and seeks to produce an aesthetic language that would emerge from the acknowledgement of different art histories. This leads Husain to develop forms that embrace hybridity, mimicry, and ambivalence. Her paintings often unfold into spatial installations where the notion of a centre is swept away. Through an expanded form of painting, Husain explores the performative character of her work. She is also involved in anti-racist art groups and projects.
Represented by
PSM Gallery, Berlin
office[at]psm-gallery.com
Galerie Tobias Nähring, Leipzig
info[at]tobiasnaehring.de
Gallery ISA, Bombay
info[at]galerieisa.com
Contact
nadira.husain[at]gmail.com
More information
2020
• Verhext und zugeschlumpft, Review by Julia Meyer-Brehm (D), gallerytalk.net, 9.11.2020
• Que(e)r durch die Kunst, Review by Sophie Jung (D), taz Berlin, 7.11.2020
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Point de Vue, 6 min. video portrait shot in Husain’s studio, produced by The Office for Visual Arts of the French Institute of Germany, 5.11.2020
• Migration Pride, 4 min. video with Nadira Husain about her triptyche painting as commissioned by the Stadtmuseum Berlin, 10.9.2020
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Summer Academy Salzburg, 1 hour lecture by Nadira Husain about her artistic practice, 18.8.2020
• Nadira Husain, catalogue ed. by Nadira Husain and Maria Isserlis, texts by
Leeza Ahmady, Sonia Recasens, Haytham el-Wardany, paperback, 204 p., Berlin: Bierke
• Krishna und die Schlümpfe, portrait by Kito Nedo (D), art – das kunstmagazin, July 2020
2019
• Body in Pieces, catalogue accompanying the group exhibition of the same title at KAI 10, Arthena Foundtion, Düsseldord (D), curated/edited by Julia Höner, essay by Kerstin Schankweiler, 112 pages, Spector books, 2019
2018
• Dissolved Binarities, interview by Seda Pesen (E), KubaParis – Zeitschrift für junge Kunst, June 2018
2017
• Prix AICA France de la critique d’art, 7 min. lecture (French) by Timothée Chaillou about Nadira Husain’s work
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Interview with Nadira Husain, by Sarie Nijboer (E), Bpigs, 6.10.2017
2016
• Inside to outside to inside, essay by Jens Hoffman about outsider aesthetics (E), Mousse Magazine, Issue 54, June 2016
• Nadira Husain, review by Roy Brand, Artforum, April 2016
2015
• Nadira Husain, portrait by Raimar Stange (D), Artist Kunstmagazin, Issue 102, February-April 2015
• Nadira Husain - Feature Furry, exhibition catalogue with texts (D&E) by Elke Keiper, Yasmina Lahjij und Eva Scharrer, 40 pages, Waldkraiburg (D): Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, 2015
2014
• Beugen, Strecken, Wahrnehmen, review by Raimar Stange, Frieze d/e, Issue 16, September- November 2014
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