Meena Hasan

NEW WEBSITE!!

2010-08-16T13:32:00.000-07:00

ah, at last i have a real website. this blog can now be more of a blog, hopefully i will be doing more writing on here and my website will be the place to see images of new work. check it out here: MEENAHASAN.COM

2010-05-24T05:59:00.000-07:00

2010-04-09T23:41:00.000-07:00

2010-04-09T23:31:00.000-07:00

Face Etching

2010-04-09T23:29:00.000-07:00

Fur and Feathers 2

2010-04-09T14:05:00.000-07:00

Fur and Feathers

2010-03-19T07:28:00.000-07:00

Pregnant Ladies

2010-03-19T07:22:00.000-07:00

Mosques and Churches

2010-02-24T03:43:00.000-08:00

Map

2010-02-18T03:52:00.000-08:00

2010-02-16T03:32:00.000-08:00

Velvet, Corduroy/Silk, Muslin

2010-02-16T03:17:00.000-08:00

Measurement in Bindis

2010-01-22T06:59:00.001-08:00

Untitled - January 2010

2010-01-20T07:56:00.000-08:00

Terna Exhibition at the Temple of Adrian, Rome

2010-01-05T13:10:00.000-08:00

http://www.premioterna.it/en/new/terna-prize--02-exhibit-at-the--temple-of-adrian-in--rome

Terna Prize Award Ceremony at the MAXXI, Rome

2010-01-05T12:41:00.000-08:00

http://www.premioterna.it/en/new/at-the-maxxi-in-rome--awards-ceremony-for-the-tp02-winners

Premio Terna

2009-11-03T12:49:00.001-08:00

Meena Hasan's Landscape #1 has just been awarded third place in an international art competition titled Premio Terna. The prize includes a $3000 purchase bonus, group show in Rome, Italy and publication in Premio Terna's catalogue. She will be travelling to Rome this December for the exhibition.

Press Release: http://www.premioterna.it/en/new/the-winners-of-the-terna-prize-02-announced
The Winners: http://www.premioterna.it/en/vincitori-t02

2009-09-07T21:41:00.000-07:00

Artist Statement

2009-08-12T14:52:00.000-07:00

Drawing is an ancient tradition, simple and accessible. Because drawing has been applied in so many different ways, from geographical maps to animation, it is an open medium, easy to manipulate and make your own. It is practiced in all cultures, loosening it from the constraints of historical suppositions. In my work, I use this universal medium to test the boundaries of tradition through collage, three dimensionality, movement and composition that draw inspiration from both Eastern and Western aesthetics.

My work challenges cultural stereotypes by visually rendering the contradictions of nationality, heritage and the act of identifying simultaneously with separate, disparate societies. I use traditional patterns of South Asia to connect to and deepen my own sense of these parts of me. I also use the Western techniques of creating form as a way of acknowledging my upbringing and training in the United States.

The textiles of South Asia are now a popular part of America’s market similar to the way that products and trends from the U.S. have penetrated the East. Exchanges between the East and West reveal how oceans are not impenetrable margins. Instead, the boundaries between continents and humanity are increasingly fluid. In the same manner in which the world is changing to embrace multiplicity and mutability, my relationships to diverse cultures are in a constant flux, unstable and indefinable. I intend for my work to reflect this chaos.

2009-05-17T16:30:00.000-07:00

Movement Study #1

Shown in Fisher Gallery, March 6th

2009-04-30T14:24:00.000-07:00

2 collages - newspaper, ink paint and paper on paper

2009-04-30T14:15:00.000-07:00

Ink and paper on rice paper

Detail 1

Detail 2

Detail 3

2009-04-30T14:11:00.000-07:00

Ink and fabric on paper

Detail 1

Detail 2

Detail 3

2009-04-30T14:07:00.000-07:00

Ink and fabric on paper

Detail 1

Detail 2

2009-04-30T14:06:00.000-07:00

2009-04-30T11:34:00.000-07:00

Wall Mural - Senior Studio and Thesis Final Show. March 2009