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Misha Japanwala hopes to create a time capsule of resisting gender violence for her new gallery show

Misha Japanwala hopes to create a time capsule of resisting gender violence for her new gallery show. [View in browser](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P4QpAWh0dHBzOi8vbWVzc2FnaW5nLWN1c3RvbS1uZXdzbGV0dGVycy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS90ZW1wbGF0ZS9vYWt2Mj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIzMDUwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD05MTg3MSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZwcm9kdWN0Q29kZT1SUiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTMyMjYzJnRlPTEmdXJpPW55dCUzQSUyRiUyRm5ld3NsZXR0ZXIlMkY1YmQ4ZjNlMy1mNzA3LTVhZjYtOWE0OS04NGM5YTQ4YmZjMzcmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpkUX8zVmRIIWBfUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)|[nytimes.com](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0SxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNTA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTkxODcxJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMzIyNjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmRRfzNWZEghYF9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)[Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-ad-marquee) [Marquee Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0SZaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTgwJmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIzMDUwNiZ0ZT0xJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNTA2VwNueXRCCmRRfzNWZEghYF9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [More Race/Related](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vc3BvdGxpZ2h0L3JhY2U_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMzA1MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9OTE4NzEmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEzMjI2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZFF_M1ZkSCFgX1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) May 6, 2023 Misha Japanwala received criticism for her thesis collection at Parsons in 2018: a series of pieces cast from her own body exploring her personal relationship to shame.Zayira Ray Transforming Shamelessness Into an Area of Study By Aamina Inayat Khan Misha Japanwala looked around her studio in the week leading up to her gallery show and wondered whether there were “too many nipples.” She was talking, of course, about the nipples she plaster cast from the bodies of 70 anonymized Pakistani people. They are part of Ms. Japanwala’s new collection, “Beghairati Ki Nishaani: Traces of Shamelessness,” showing at Hannah Traore Gallery in Manhattan from May 4 through July 30. Ms. Japanwala, a visual artist, who lives in Jersey City, N.J., spent several months last year in Karachi, Pakistan, where she grew up, making body castings of local women and [L.G.B.T.Q. people](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNy8wMi93b3JsZC9hc2lhL3Bha2lzdGFuLXRyYW5zLXJpZ2h0cy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNTA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTkxODcxJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMzIyNjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmRRfzNWZEghYF9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). Her work aims to be a historical record of a population governed by the laws of shame. In a country where violence against women, including “[honor killings](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNi8wMy8wMy93b3JsZC9hc2lhL3Bha2lzdGFuLWhvbm9yLWtpbGxpbmctZG9jdW1lbnRhcnktb3NjYXIuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIzMDUwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD05MTg3MSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTMyMjYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpkUX8zVmRIIWBfUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~),” is rampant, bucking social conventions and being branded “shameless” can put a person’s life at risk. Attending an Aurat (Women’s) March, a rally for women’s rights, [has led to threats of murder and rape](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMy8wNi93b3JsZC9hc2lhL3Bha2lzdGFuLWF1cmF0LW1hcmNoLXdvbWVuLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMzA1MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9OTE4NzEmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEzMjI2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZFF_M1ZkSCFgX1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). Conservative and religious leaders [have even campaigned](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNC8xNC9vcGluaW9uL3Bha2lzdGFuLXdvbWVucy1tYXJjaC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNTA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTkxODcxJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMzIyNjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmRRfzNWZEghYF9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) to legally ban Aurat Marches [while pundits scream obscenities](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMy8wNy9vcGluaW9uL2ludGVybmF0aW9uYWwtd29tZW5zLWRheS1wYWtpc3Rhbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNTA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTkxODcxJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMzIyNjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmRRfzNWZEghYF9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) on national television at the women who march with signs such as “Mera Jism Meri Marzi” (My Body, My Choice). “When so much of our existence has been subject to a campaign of disappearance, this collection is a present day, physical reminder that our lives and our stories are part of the fabric of our people, and will continue to be so even hundreds of years from now,” she said. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0SZaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTQ5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIzMDUwNiZ0ZT0xJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNTA2VwNueXRCCmRRfzNWZEghYF9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) The Beghairati project was born in the wake of criticism Ms. Japanwala, 27, received for her thesis collection at Parsons in 2018: a series of pieces cast from her own body reflecting on and exploring her personal relationship to shame, the one she inherited in Pakistan. “My thesis was the first time I was actually able to reflect on my identity and understand what a gift my body and my agency was,” she said. As her work gained visibility in editorial spreads like Vogue Spain and on celebrities like [Cardi B,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0THaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9wL0NRcE1HVnRzd2ppLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIzMDUwNiZobD1lbiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD05MTg3MSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTMyMjYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpkUX8zVmRIIWBfUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [Julia Fox](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0TBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9wL0NlNWEyazNyNUlaLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIzMDUwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD05MTg3MSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTMyMjYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpkUX8zVmRIIWBfUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) and [Joy Crookes,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0TBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9wL0NqdmpMYWZ0LXVlLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIzMDUwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD05MTg3MSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTMyMjYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpkUX8zVmRIIWBfUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) she found herself in the eye of a new storm. The comments under pictures of [her work on Instagram](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0TIaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9taXNoYWphcGFud2FsYS8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMzA1MDYmaGw9ZW4maW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9OTE4NzEmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEzMjI2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZFF_M1ZkSCFgX1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) were littered with strangers calling her shameless, sick and obscene, in both English and Urdu. As a result, Ms. Japanwala developed an obsession with the concept of shame, transforming shamelessness into an area of study. Working on this project gave her “the understanding that shame and modesty are two entirely different categories that have nothing to do with one another,” and that shame is a pillar of patriarchy and a tool for control, she said. Around the time the idea for this project began to seed, her grandmother died. Ms. Japanwala would walk by marble shops outside the cemetery and watch the workers carve marble figurines and inscriptions into grave stones. She had also long been watching her city [fall apart:](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wOS8wMy9vcGluaW9uL2Vudmlyb25tZW50L2Zsb29kcy1pbi1wYWtpc3Rhbi1jbGltYXRlLWNoYW5nZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNTA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTkxODcxJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMzIyNjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmRRfzNWZEghYF9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) crumbling building facades, torn up streets and [no infrastructure](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNy8yNC93b3JsZC9hc2lhL3Bha2lzdGFuLW1vbnNvb24tZmxvb2RzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMzA1MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9OTE4NzEmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEzMjI2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZFF_M1ZkSCFgX1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) to fix them. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-1) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0SZaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc3JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIzMDUwNiZ0ZT0xJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNTA2VwNueXRCCmRRfzNWZEghYF9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) “I am documenting their lives and their stories so that hundreds of years from now people will know that we were here and we fought,” Ms. Japanwala said.Aleena Naqvi It was at this crossroad that she glimpsed something that resembled the end of the world. Strands of death, disintegration, legacy and agency formed a braid. The collection — a series of resin body parts with metal coatings aimed to look like oxidized copper statues — is a fictionalized time capsule of what today’s fight for gender equality will look like one day, hundreds of years from now. There are three parts to the collection: the core, a series of body castings of Pakistani artists and painters who embrace shamelessness in the images they create; a collage of hand sculptures of artists, filmmakers, writers and educators who are forging paths to a more gender-liberated society titled “Hands of a Revolution”; and an anonymous project where nipples serve as unique fingerprints of the subjects, some of whom are recently divorced, transitioning or survivors of breast cancer. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-2) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0SZaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIzMDUwNiZ0ZT0xJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNTA2VwNueXRCCmRRfzNWZEghYF9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Among her muses are [Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P4QUAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMTUvMTEvMTMvbW92aWVzL3Jldmlldy1zb25nLW9mLWxhaG9yZS1jaHJvbmljbGVzLWEtcGFraXN0YW5pLWphenotZW5zZW1ibGVzLWFtZXJpY2FuLXRyaXVtcGguaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIzMDUwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD05MTg3MSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTMyMjYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpkUX8zVmRIIWBfUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) the [Oscar-winning documentarian,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P4QTAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMTIvMDIvMjgvd29ybGQvYXNpYS93aXRoLXNhdmluZy1mYWNlLXBha2lzdGFuaXMtaGF2ZS1maXJzdC1vc2Nhci1hbmQtc29tZXRoaW5nLXRvLWNlbGVicmF0ZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNTA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTkxODcxJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMzIyNjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmRRfzNWZEghYF9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) and [Dua Mangi](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmOLh_P0TFaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmJjLmNvbS9uZXdzL3dvcmxkLWFzaWEtNTA2NDMzNTA_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMzA1MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9OTE4NzEmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEzMjI2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZFF_M1ZkSCFgX1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), a woman who survived an abduction that launched a national debate over victim blaming. 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