Thirteenth International Conference on The Arts in Society

Abstract

The primary focus of this paper is to explore nuances of agency within the diverse artistic representation of female subjectivities in contemporary Pakistani visual discourse, focusing on artists who are working in response or reaction to the socio-political conditions that emerged in post-War on Terror Pakistan. Drawing on feminist paradigms of women of color, female subjectivity, here, is used as fugitive forms of resistances that challenge hegemonic narratives within dominant structures. This paper analyses the works of selected contemporary Pakistani artists, who negotiated resistance to the colonial gaze and local patriarchal nexus by re-defining gender identity from local perspectives and cultural hybridity though aesthetic possibilities