Naiza Khan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5447943 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naiza Khan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naiza |
| FAMILY NAME | Khan |
| SIGNATURE | KHAN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Visual Artist, UK-Pakistan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Partition and its echoes in Karachi
This article, shaped as a conversation between a scholar and an artist, critically examines the mapping of the lived experience of Karachi after Partition through a discussion of the poetic journey of the feminist activist Fahmida Riaz and urban planner and architect Perween Rahman. 1 These two activists were directly affected by the Partition, albeit in different ways, and it is through their creative practice that we try to understand the haunt…
Between the temple and the playground
This photo-essay chronicles the relationship between the artist, Karachi as a postcolonial urban environment, and the small offshore island of Manora. The artist's visits to Manora become a mode of memorializing the hidden histories of decay and oblivion that pertain to this island, as well as its historical role as an escape from the urban chaos of Karachi. Memorialisation in turn becomes the catalyst for creativity and for the artist's role as …
Women artists and male artisans in South Asia
This essay tracks the challenging and provocative collaboration of a woman artist – Naiza H. Khan – with male artisans in contemporary Pakistan. British-born writer of Pakistani heritage, Irna Qureshi, who herself has extensive experience of collaborating with a male photographer, critically examines Naiza H. Khan's ouvre of metal artworks made with artisans in Karachi's crowded marketplaces. What are the complexities, contradictions, and revelat…
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Between the temple and the playground
This photo-essay chronicles the relationship between the artist, Karachi as a postcolonial urban environment, and the small offshore island of Manora. The artist's visits to Manora become a mode of memorializing the hidden histories of decay and oblivion that pertain to this island, as well as its historical role as an escape from the urban chaos of Karachi. Memorialisation in turn becomes the catalyst for creativity and for the artist's role as …
Women artists and male artisans in South Asia
This essay tracks the challenging and provocative collaboration of a woman artist – Naiza H. Khan – with male artisans in contemporary Pakistan. British-born writer of Pakistani heritage, Irna Qureshi, who herself has extensive experience of collaborating with a male photographer, critically examines Naiza H. Khan's ouvre of metal artworks made with artisans in Karachi's crowded marketplaces. What are the complexities, contradictions, and revelat…
Partition and its echoes in Karachi
This article, shaped as a conversation between a scholar and an artist, critically examines the mapping of the lived experience of Karachi after Partition through a discussion of the poetic journey of the feminist activist Fahmida Riaz and urban planner and architect Perween Rahman. 1 These two activists were directly affected by the Partition, albeit in different ways, and it is through their creative practice that we try to understand the haunt…
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