Donnamaria Bruton

Sikander’s appreciation for Donnamaria Bruton’s loose mark-making, experimental techniques, and feminist subject matter is especially evident when Domestic Series is viewed alongside Sikander’s own work in pastel monotype. Bruton’s expressive backdrops set the stage for images honoring and critiquing housework, in particular her grandmother’s labor as a maid. Both Bruton’s and Sikander’s vocabularies include headless figures, which suggest the disregard for women in patriarchal societies—a frequent topic of conversation between the two artists.