Zarina Hashmi’s works keep questioning ideas of belonging. See how she makes a single line echo the history of two nations
The Hindi poet Dushyant says, “A true artist portrays what they have lived and suffered”. And you can see it plainly and eloquently in Zarina Hashmi’s art.
In Zarina’s 2001 work, Dividing Line, the Indo-Pak border symbolises both a fracture and a scar. (ZARINA HASHMI)
Home is a Foreign Place represents Zarina’s memories of home through abstract images and Urdu words. (ZARINA HASHMI)Google Doodle paid tribute to the artist in 2023.