Shahzia Sikander: The Last Post

Shahzia Sikander employs Indo-Persian miniature painting techniques infused with contemporary animation and digital media to examine postcolonial histories and geopolitical power structures. Her practice combines precise hand-drawn imagery with digital animation, creating layered visual narratives that reference historical documents, architectural traditions, and colonial archives. Sikander's work interrogates how visual culture encodes imperial ideologies and reclaims traditional artistic practices as a site for critical intervention and recontextualization.