Rummana Hussain, A Space for Healing. 1999. Image from Geeta Kapur and Vivan Sundaram Archive. Courtesy of Geeta Kapur and Asia Art Archive.
Institution: Asia Art Archive in America
Event Title: Traces and Temporalities: The Art of Rummana Hussain and Nasreen Mohamedi
Location: Asia Art Archive in America (23 Cranberry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201)
Event Format: In-Person Program
Event Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Event Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
AAAinA is honored to present an evening of research sharing and conversation
between the art historians Ananya Sikand and Rattanamol Singh Johal.
In examining the traces and temporalities that surface in the lives and works of the Indian artists Rummana Hussain (1952-1999) and Nasreen Mohamedi (1937-1990), this program will bring together the practices of two artists who are typically not read together due to their formal divergences.
Sikand will present a talk drawing on her larger doctoral dissertation project, Muslim Unbelonging: Conceptual and Performance Art in Post-Independence South Asia (1970-2020), which reframes histories of conceptual and performance art of South Asia and its diaspora via the dialectic of belonging and unbelonging. She will then be joined in conversation by Dr. Johal.
For more information and biographies of the speakers, please visit the event page on the AAA-A website.
Registration Note: Yes, through the Eventbrite page. Registration through the Eventbrite portal is required for all AAAinA programming. Suggested donation is $5. The minimum required donation is $1. Light refreshments will be provided. Programs begin promptly, so please arrive 5-10 minutes early.
Public Contact: Claire Kim, ckim@aaa-a.org
