The article reviews the exhibition "Beyond the Stars" at Luhring Augustine Gallery, showcasing the work of artist Zarina Hashmi (known as Zarina). It highlights her spare, post-minimalist prints and sculptures that explore themes of mapping, home, and migration, rooted in her peripatetic life from pre-Partition India to New York. The show features 32 works that demonstrate her unique visual language, embedded in Urdu, South Asian histories, and mysticisms.
Zarina's significance lies in her role as a foundational but often overlooked figure for South Asian American artists, especially women. Despite her deep engagement with New York's art scenes—including feminist institutions and major museum acquisitions—she and other South Asian American artists have faced persistent erasure from mainstream American art narratives. Her work navigates dislocation and identity without being confined by nationalism, offering a crucial counterpoint to reductive cultural stereotypes.