The Artist Project: Zarina Hashmi

Artist Zarina Hashmi reflects on Arabic calligraphy in this episode of The Artist Project.
From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"Once you are separated from language, it's a great loss."

Artist Zarina Hashmi reflects on Arabic calligraphy in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Zarina Hashmi (1937–2020) was an Indian-born artist who worked in a variety of mediums, including printmaking, papermaking, and sculpture.


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Short Sword (Yatagan) from the Court of Süleyman the Magnificent (reigned 1520–66), Ahmed Tekelü  possibly Iranian, Steel, gold, ivory (walrus), silver, turquoise, pearls, rubies, Turkish, Istanbul
Ahmed Tekelü
ca. 1525–30
Qur'an Manuscript, Main support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment; Binding: leather; tooled
late 9th–early 10th century
Dedicatory Inscription from a Mosque, Gabbro; carved
dated 905 AH/1500 CE
Section from the "Qur'an of  `Umar Aqta', `Umar Aqta', Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
`Umar Aqta'
late 14th–early 15th century (before 1405)
Section from a Qur'an Manuscript, `Umar Aqta', Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
`Umar Aqta'
late 14th–early 15th century (before 1405)
Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an", Ink on parchment
late 8th–early 9th century