reenakallat

Pattern Recognition, 2023

Installation view, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai Pattern Recognition 2023 72 part work, Electric wires and metal 120 x 66 in. l  305 x 14 cm (diptych) A passport is a portal to the world, but mobility is not equal for all. ‘Pattern Recognition’ draws attention to the ever-shifting, yet perpetually unequal politics of worldwide accessRead More »Pattern Recognition, 2023

Woven Chronicle, 2022

Installation view, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland Woven Chronicle 2022 circuit boards, speakers, electric wires and fittings single channel audio (10 min.) 132 x 329 x 12 in. I 335 x 836 x 30 cm. Woven Chronicle is a collection of wall drawings that Kallat has been realising since 2011 with diverse content. This iteration shows theRead More »Woven Chronicle, 2022

Pattern Recognition, 2022

Installation view, Compton Verney, UK Pattern Recognition 2021 - 2022 Hahnemuhle archival photorag paper 29-part photowork A passport is a portal to the world, but mobility is not equal for all. In this conceptual, digital collage-based body of work Reena addresses the ever-shifting politics of access and inequity in the form of international travel  authorisations. While national bordersRead More »Pattern Recognition, 2022

Ruled Paper (red, blue, white), 2022

Installation view, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland Ruled Paper (red, blue, white) 2022 electric wire on deckle - edge handmade paper 43 x 31 in. I 109 x 79 cm. each   book detail

Vortex, 2022

Installation view, Compton Verney, UK Vortex 2022 Electric wires and metal 108 x 60 in. I 274 x 152 cm The tense borders intersecting rivers that flow between them form Vortex. This wall drawing has been made using electrical cables, a material that is symbolic of human connection, the transmission of energy and the exchangeRead More »Vortex, 2022

Deep Rivers Run Quiet, 2021-2022

Installation view, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland Deep Rivers Run Quiet 2021 - 2022 gouache, charcoal, and water soluble pencil on deckled edge paper and Arches paper 43 x 30 in. l  109  x 76 cm. each (pentaptych) The meditative waterscapes in "Deep Rivers Run Quiet" originated through a process of drawing as an act of thinking. KallatRead More »Deep Rivers Run Quiet, 2021-2022

Waterbook, 2021

Waterbook 2021 gouache and water-soluble pencil on arches paper accordion : 8 x 56 in. I 21 x 142 cm. vitrine : 8 x 45 x 10 in. I 20 x 114 x 25 cm. The fold-out pages of the Water Book show traced lines that map political boundaries between countries in conflict over sharedRead More »Waterbook, 2021

River Drawing, 2021

Installation view, Norrtalje Konsthall, Sweden River Drawing 2021 in situ wall drawing made using electric wires, nails and pigment 7.5 ft x 12 ft (h x l)  I  2 x 3.6 metres River Drawing points to the absurdity of national efforts to discipline and claim ever-moving bodies of water by reshaping the landscape. In thisRead More »River Drawing, 2021

Deep Rivers Run Quiet, 2020

Deep Rivers Run Quiet 2020 gouache, charcoal, and water soluble pencil on deckled edge paper and Arches paper 43 x 30 in. l  109  x 76 cm. each (pentaptych) The meditative waterscapes and drawings that compose Deep Rivers Run Quiet had their genesis in contemplative acts of drawing centred on the idea of political borders. In a process whichRead More »Deep Rivers Run Quiet, 2020