October 29, 2025 – January 17, 2026 | Reception: October 29, 2025
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![Humaira Abid
(on pedestal)
Zaad-e-raah (Provisions for a Journey), 2020
Pine wood, carved
Fragments of Home Left Behind II No. 3, 2019-20
Pine wood, carved, black wood stain, gouache, pigments on handmade wasli paper, Plexiglas
Courtesy of the artist
In her poignant sculptures Abid meticulously carves everyday objects to explore themes of displacement and migration. Zaad-e-raah, meaning "provisions for a journey" in Urdu, takes the form of a simple sack that Abid renders with extraordinary precision in pine wood. Like real luggage carried by refugees, the sack, a closed bag completely conceals its contents—perhaps a family heirloom or photograph that, as Abid notes, serves as "one thing, at least, that they can connect with the past." Her second work here, Fragments of Home Left Behind echoes the motif of migration in the image of a figure that is seen in the carved rearview mirror—a symbol of this migrant’s past being left behind. The figure carries the same sack depicted in Zaad-e-raah, creating a powerful dialogue between the two works. Combining carved wood with traditional South Asian artistic techniques including gouache on wasli paper, the intimate scale of Fragments draws viewers into its narrative of displacement and survival. "I primarily work in wood," Abid explains, "because it's primarily a male-dominated medium, and I thought it was lacking [in] a female voice."
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