Maria Seda-Reeder reviews Realms of Intimacy: Miniaturist Practice from Pakistan at the Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, on view through January 22, 2012.

Seda-Reeder writes that "the traditional practice of miniature creation is applied to contemporary non-miniature works. And as demonstrated by artists like Ambreen Butt in Realms of Intimacy, the effect can be equal parts begging for close inspection and stepping back for the gestalt."