ON VIEW SEPTEMBER 1 - 17, 2026 / ATTEND THE RECEPTION: Saturday, Sept 5, 4-6pm
SUNDARAM is Zannat Sultana's first solo show in years, and her first in the United States, where she takes her love of flowers and blends it with everyday objects from her home, resulting in 27 still-life drawings. Each drawing different than the other represents faux and real flowers from her garden, vases she’s decoupaged herself, and monumental vases and trinkets from her home country, Bangladesh.
Sundaram, which translates to beauty in her language, is the title of her series – all done in pastels and completed within 2 years. Long-lasting beauty, deep meaning, and emotional fragility are only a few symbols and words that come to mind when observing floral vases, something that is often overlooked by most; yet to the artist’s eye, there is a reason for attempting to capture such an everyday subject, as seen time and time again in centuries-old paintings by the classic masters.
