Roots and Wings: How Shahzia Sikander Became an Artist - Hardcover FY26 Nov 20 Off Emeco Promo Clifford Owens

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Roots and Wings: How Shahzia Sikander Became an Artist - Hardcover FY26 Nov 20 Off Emeco Promo Clifford OwensFeatured in the Society of Illustrators' The Original Art 2021 exhibition By Shahzia Sikander and Amy Novesky. Illustrated by Hanna Barczyk Growing up in Lahore, Pakistan, Shahzia flew kites, ate fruit from jamun trees, and devoured Russian fairy tales, American Westerns, and Bollywood films. She also read poetry in Urdu, her own language, and learned the slow and detailed painting technique of Indo Persian miniatures. And when she moved far from home