David Alesworth (Pakistan): Record Room Series (D01)
A pan-South Asian exhibition ‘Things Lost/Remembering the Future’ that explores the ideas of loss, being and regeneration through private and public memories will open on March 25th, 2017 at Ganges Art Gallery in Kolkata, India.
It is interesting to see an exhibition of this nature being held in Kolkata, which has been at the helm of the struggle for our freedom in the past and continues to hold a juxtaposition of private and public memories. The exhibition will focus on the seemingly small and often forgotten moments rather than the official and monumental ones. The idea behind the exhibition is also to facilitate an exchange between the artists, cities and cultures.
The curators, Kurchi Dasgupta and Amritah Sen, hope to open up varying channels of communication to understand the region’s unique political history. Viewing the cultural sub-text embedded in these memories, artists from eight South Asian countries will be coming together to present their work.
The artists participating in the exhibition include David Alesworth (Pakistan), Tayeba Begum Lipi (Bangladesh), Huma Mulji (Pakistan), Aye Ko (Myanmar), Rahraw Omarzad (Afghanistan), Pala Pothupitiye (Sri Lanka), Ashmina Ranjit (Nepal), Sunil Sigdel (Nepal), Thisath Thoradeniya (Sri Lanka), Thyitar (Myanmar), Mustafa Zaman (Bangladesh) and Maimoona Hussain (Maldives). The curators of the exhibition, Kurchi (India/Nepal) and Amritah (India), will also have their works on display.
If you’re in and around Kolkata, you can attend the opening at the Ganges Art Gallery between 6pm and 7pm on 25th March 2017, along with a walk-through with the curators. The exhibition is on till April 20, 2017. There will also be a talk by Soumik Nandy Majumdar, senior lecturer at Kala-Bhavana, Visva Bharati University on 8th April, 2017, Saturday at 6 pm.
Note: TFM spoke to Kurchi a while ago about the places that have inspired her work over the years. You can read the conversation here.
Ashmina Ranjit (Nepal): Same River- but the Water?
Amritah Sen (India): In memory of my lost organs
Kurchi Dasgupta (India): Blockade