Rummana Hussain's (1952 – 1999) politically aware, philosophically provocative, yet poetic and self-referential art presents to us a complex perspective of a lived experience. Since 1992, Hussain pioneered performance as a visual art form and worked progressively within a more feminist and conceptual vocabulary, creating some of the most important works in the field. Hussain has gained recognition for her category-defying work that incorporates performance, installation, sculpture, film and photography, challenging perceptions of what art can be. This presentation documents this history, representing the range of Hussain’s art that created a reflexive turn for the larger questions of identity and representation.