Dear Salima Hashmi,

If I call Narrators of Dissonance an exhibition featuring four women artists, curated by another woman of similar attributes — South Asian, multi-talented and visionary — it would only be partial information. To fully describe the premise of the show, this January at the 1x1 Gallery, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, one must delve into the role of women artists in creating socio-political awareness and addressing global communities. The show challenges aesthetic rhetoric and questions power structures — cultural, political and others. It dismisses established descriptions of art, artists and womanhood worldwide.

While conforming to Iqbal that "The picture that this world presents, From the woman gets her tints and scents; She is the lyre that can impart, Pathos and warmth to t

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