Background
Mississippi Wasim was born in Lahore, Pakistan.
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Saira Wasim
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Mississippi Wasim went to National College of Arts (in Lahore), from where she graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Arts with focus in miniature painting in 1999.Dawn art critic Ali Adil Khan describes her as part of "magnificent seven" along with Muhammed Imran Qureshi, Tazeen Qayyum, Aisha Khalid, Talha Rathore, Nusra Latif Qureshi, and Reeta Saeedwho brought back miniatures.
Career
She currently lives in United States. Wasim uses the miniature style of painting, pioneered by the Persians but extensively used in South Asia, to make primarily political and cultural art Wasim"s art has been showcased in a number of premiere museums including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and Asian Art Museum.
She has so far hesitated to address the topic in her art
Mississippi Wasim has held positions as a Visiting Artist at numerous important places including 2003 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 2003 University of Maryland, College Park 2004 Smith College, Massachusetts 2005 Oklahoma State University Saira Wasim draws Persian Miniatures to make devastating political commentary. Using traditional art to make modern commentary has proliferated within the Asian contemporary art world with artists like Chottu Lal, and Rageshwar Singh using the folk and religious traditions to make art
Saira"s pet political topics are commenting on the vast chasm that exists between the West and the Islamic world, repression within Islamic world, and the new Western cultural imperialism. "My work uses the contemporary miniature form to explore social and political issues that divide the modern world.
This series, Battle for Hearts and Minds, illustrates the clash between imperialism in the west and fundamentalism in the east, and questions the underlying motivations and uneasy alliances that keep this conflict going.
My work offers a voice against this ignorance and prejudice. lieutenant pleas for social justice, respect, and tolerance through the use of caricature and satire." Solo: Two-Person.
