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 represented
Gallery 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.
Museum exhibition guide · 2019
Zarina: Atlas of Her World
The Pulitzer Arts Foundation exhibition guide accompanied the first presentation to place Zarina’s prints, sculptures, and collages beside artistic and architectural traditions she identified as touchstones.
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.
Museum publication · Zarina contribution · 2017
The Artist Project: What Artists See When They Look at Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Phaidon publication gathers the perspectives of 120 artists, including Zarina’s reflections on Arabic calligraphy. Hardcover, 272 pages. ISBN 978-0-7148-7354-1.
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.
Museum exhibition catalogue · Zarina included · 2009
The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860–1989
The Guggenheim Museum’s major exhibition catalogue traces the influence of Asian art and thought on American practice and includes Zarina. Edited by Alexandra Munroe, 439 pages. ISBN 978-0-89207-383-2.
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.
Museum exhibition catalogue · Zarina included · 2007
WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution
Published for the first international museum exhibition devoted to feminist art from 1965–1980, including Zarina’s work. Edited by Cornelia Butler and Lisa Gabrielle Mark, 512 pages. ISBN 978-0-914357-99-5.
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.
Museum exhibition catalogue · 2001
Zarina: Mapping a Life, 1991–2001
Published by Mills College Art Museum for Zarina’s Oakland exhibition, with essays by Roobina Karode, Keith Lachowicz, Margo Machida, Mary-Ann Milford-Lutzker, and Geeti Sen. Softcover, 48 pages, illustrated.
Gallery exhibition brochure · 2000
Home Is a Foreign Place: Recent Works by Zarina
Gallery Espace’s 12-page publication for the New Delhi exhibition held 14 January–2 February 2000, with an essay by Robert Kimbril and a short essay by Zarina.