Artists have a variety of methods to make their mark. Every Friday we will share a photograph of an #ArtistInAction. 〰 “Drawing is a fundamental element of my process, a basic tool for exploration. I construct most of my work, including patterns of thinking, via drawing … The breakdown of form also gives a stationary drawing the illusion of transformation, which as a topic has given me a lot of space to experiment and imagine throughout my work.” - Shahzia Sikander Shahzia Sikander (b. 1969) is a Pakistani-American contemporary artist often best known for pioneering a new approach to Indo-Persian miniature painting, challenging its strict rules and expanding its vocabulary. Thematically, Sikander’s work is concerned with analyzing contested political histories, and blurring the division of dualities such as East and West and contemporary and traditional. As a Muslim woman living in America, her work often reflects on her own cross cultural upbringing as well as critiquing prejudice an...