Catalogues
Books and exhibition catalogues
Selected monographs and exhibition catalogues illuminate Zarina’s art, ideas, materials, and international exhibition history.
Artist’s books
Paper, language, and formAcross the career
Publication history representedGallery memorial publication · PDF available · 2020
Voyage to the Astral
Véronique Jaeger’s memorial text for Jeanne Bucher Jaeger reflects on Zarina’s life, materials, memory, and late turn toward light, gold, and the astral.
Artist book · 2018
Directions to My House
Zarina’s writings and recollections with Sarah Burney, published by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Paperback, 97 pages, illustrated. ISBN 978-0-9893772-1-8. The linked description is not an online copy.
Gallery publication · 2018
Weaving Darkness and Silence
Published by Gallery Espace for the exhibition held 2 February–3 March 2018, with text by Sadia Shirazi and photography by Ravi Rajan. The publisher record is not a public scan.
Exhibition catalogue · 2014
Folding House
Gallery Espace’s 2014 New Delhi catalogue, with an introductory essay by Devika Singh. The linked publisher page documents the publication; no public scan is claimed.
Museum publication · 2012
Zarina: Paper Like Skin
Published for the Hammer Museum retrospective, with texts by Aamir R. Mufti, Allegra Pesenti, and Ann Philbin, and an interview with Zarina by Sandhini Poddar. DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2012. English, 192 pages, 21 × 25.5 cm. ISBN 978-3-7913-5166-7.
Gallery publication · 2011
Noor
Published by Galerie Jaeger Bucher for Zarina’s first Paris solo exhibition, held at the gallery’s Marais space from 26 March to 21 May 2011, with texts by Véronique Jaeger and Finbarr Barry Flood. The link documents the exhibition and its catalogue; it is not a public scan.
Gallery publication · 2011
Zarina Hashmi: Recent Work
Published by Gallery Espace, New Delhi, with an essay by S. Kalidas and Zarina’s “Conversation with My Self.” ISBN 978-81-9085046-9.
Exhibition catalogue · documented copy · 2007
Paper Houses
Published by Gallery Espace, New Delhi, for the exhibition held 13 January–3 February 2007. The gallery documents the publication; no public catalogue scan is linked here.
Exhibition catalogue · documented copy · 2007
Weaving Memory: 1990–2006
A 2007 Bodhi Art publication on work made between 1990 and 2006, with contributions by Joyce Brodsky and Mary-Ann Milford-Lutzker. ISBN 9788190437813. Asia Art Archive lists an onsite copy, not an online scan.
Exhibition catalogue · 2006
Silent Soliloquy
Published by Bodhi Art in Singapore for the 2006 retrospective, with an artist biography and a sustained view of Zarina’s early printmaking.
Exhibition catalogue · reference copy · 2005
Counting: 1977–2005
Softcover, illustrated, and unpaginated, with text by Mary-Ann Milford Lutzker; published for the Bose Pacia exhibition held 10 November–22 December 2005. A reference copy is documented; no verified public scan is linked here.
Exhibition catalogue · 2004
Cities, Countries and Borders: Prints by Zarina
Published by Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, and Gallery Espace, New Delhi. The linked publisher listing documents the title, not a public scan.