New exhibition in Delhi explore shared histories and meaning of home

An upcoming art exhibition MOOL will bring together 20 artists from across South Asia to examine how personal memory family histories and shared cultural inheritances shape our understanding of homeThe group exhibition presented by art gallery Exhibit320 and curated by arts educator and researcher Shaleen Wadhwana will open at Bikaner House on August 6Featuring paintings photography sculpture textiles ceramics embroidery printmaking archival material and installations the exhibition traces its origins to The Sindhu Project an initiative by artists Mahwish Chishty and Gunjan Chawla KumarThe project emerged from conversations between the two artists in the United States in 2016 on history home family community and belonging before the drawing of modern national bordersTheir travels to archaeological sites such as Taxila Harappa Mohenjodaro Sanghol Dholavira Lothal and Rakhigarhi informed a body of work inspired by the Indus Valley Civilisation and the Sindhu RiverInitially exhibited separately in India and Pakistan the works have been reunited as part of MOOL which expands the dialogue through the participation of 18 additional artists from across South AsiaSouth Asia is not an easy term to define because there is a painful gap between those who carelessly drew its cartographic boundaries without ever visiting the region and those who carry its meaning and live its reality The reality of this region must acknowledge that artworks are meeting where artists may never get to meetAs long as we remember that there is no one defined we the capacity for pluralistic nuanced thought can prevail acirciquestiquest which is the defining testament to the diversity of this region With this MOOL aims to hold history accountable to its present and to its future through you The viewer said the curator in a statementThe exhibition is organised into four thematic sections Family inherited amp chosen Emotional cartography The body and its object biographies and Home in scriptIt explores how photographs landscapes textiles language domestic objects and inherited traditions continue to shape identities across generations and geographiesParticipating artists include Arpita Akhanda Ashfika Rahman Ashmina Ranjit Bunu Dhungana Chathuri Nissansala Chudamani Clowes Deena Pindoria Hema Shironi Mariam Suhail Naira Mushtaq Nilima Sheikh Reena Saini Kallat Riya Chandwani Sheelasha Rajbhandari Tayeba Begum Lipi Wahida Ahmed Yasmin Jahan Nupur and ZarinaA key feature of the exhibition is the display of personal artefacts from each participating artists family many of which will be shown publicly for the first time Presented alongside the artworks these objects seek to extend conversations around migration inheritance language community and belongingA gallery has the responsibility to present work that challenges familiar ways of looking at the world With MOOL each artist speaks from a distinct context allowing difference contradiction and shared experience to exist side by sideThat curatorial confidence is rare and therefore explains why this exhibition deserved to be presented in the way it has been said Rasika Kajaria founder and director of Exhibit320The art show will come to a close on August 13This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever