#nilima sheikh

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nilima sheikh, "birth 2/song," 1996, scroll (kanat) 3, side 2, part of the installation shamiana, casein tempera on canvas

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Nilima Sheikh. After Cover of a Divan of Shahi (Set of 2), 2005. Gold paint and gouache on paper.

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Nilima Sheikh, Home, Land 2 , 2024

Mixed tempera on Sanganer paper. 76.2 x 193 cm

SUNITA & VIJAY CHORARIA. © The Artist.

Start Here: 5 Indian artists you need to know https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/start-here-5-indian-artists-you-need-to-know Nilima Sheikh studied history before turning to painting. Drawing inspiration from Eastern artistic traditions such as miniature painting, her practice is inspired by folk songs and oral storytelling. Her paintings frequently incorporate poetry and often address experiences of womanhood and the issues surrounding peripheral communities and regions in India.

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Nilima Sheikh, Construction Site, 2009-10.

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Nasreen at Tithal Beach

Nilima Sheikh

Mixed tempera on sanganer paper, 2015

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Nilima Sheikh, We Must Bear, 2014

“We Must Bear, which Sheikh painted specifically for a solo exhibition at the Art Institute, comments not only on the troubles that have beset the Kashmir Valley since 1989, but also on the ongoing hardships its residents have borne over the centuries. The work is based on a quotation from a sixteenth-century verse by Nund Rishi (Sheikh Nuruddin Nurani), which can be seen at upper left. Kashmiris’ struggles are reflected by the weight of the body that the central figure is carrying across a field strewn with images of loss and war.” (from the Art Institute of Chicago)

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Nilima Sheikh. Ritualised Mourning, Marshia. 1984.  

[theegoist]

Nilima Sheikh (Indian, b. 1945) - Dream at Daybreak 3, Tempera on Sanganer vasli, 48.0 x 33.0 cm (2018)