Working: Artist Shahzia Sikander on the Painting That Launched Her Career
b'This week, host Rumaan Alam talks to artist Shahzia Sikander about her decades-long career as a painter and multimedia artist. In the interview, Shahzia discusses the process behind her painting \\u201cThe Scroll,\\u201d which she created as an undergraduate student in Pakistan. She also talks about her relationship to the concept of \\u201ctradition\\u201d and her unwillingness to either break or conform to it.\\xa0\\nAfter the interview, Rumaan and co-host Isaac Butler discuss the importance of demystifying artwork.\\xa0\\nIn the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Shahzia grapples with the way her art was received in the 1990s and the tendency to look at her work through the narrow lens of her biography.\\xa0\\nSend your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675.\\nPodcast production by Cameron Drews.\\xa0\\nIf you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Big Mood, Little Mood\\u2014and you\\u2019ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'