reenakallat

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

River Drawings, 2020

River Drawings 2020 gouache, charcoal, graphite, nails and electric wires on laser cut and embossed Arches paper 32 x 44 in. l  81 x 112 cm. River Drawings point to the absurdity of national efforts to discipline and claim ever-moving bodies of water by reshaping the landscape. In this suite of subversive works the artistRead More »River Drawings, 2020

Blind Spots, 2017-2019

Installation view, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai Blind Spots 2017-19 Thirteen – channel video installation monitors, sculptural sound devices with audio In Blind Spots, Reena Kallat deploys the preambles of the constitutions of thirteen pairs of warring nations from around the world as Snellen eye charts used by optometrists to measure vision. As the founding promisesRead More »Blind Spots, 2017-2019

Leaking Lines, 2019

Installation view, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai Leaking Lines 2019 charcoal, gouache, graphite, nails and electric wires on laser cut and embossed Arches paper 25 x 33 in. l 64 x 84 cm. (top) each 55 x 33 in. l 140 x 84 cm. (bottom) each Leaking Lines refers both to the violence and fragility ofRead More »Leaking Lines, 2019

Chorus II, 2015-19

Installation view, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai Chorus II 2015-19 Lacquered MS, speakers, 4 mins 36 secs single channel audio 97 x 34 x 52 in. l 247 x 86 x 132 cm. Chorus II is from a series of sound sculptures by the artist modeled on pre-radar devices used in the Second World War to pickRead More »Chorus II, 2015-19

Shifting Ecotones – 2, 2019

Installation view, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai Shifting Ecotones – 2 2019 electric wire, graphite, pigmented ink print on Hahnemuhle photorag paper 64 x 19.5 in. I 163 x 50 cm. (each) Shifting Ecotones expands the artist’s meditation on borders by examining lines drawn in and on water, from rivers that form contested national boundaries toRead More »Shifting Ecotones – 2, 2019

Chorus I, 2015-19

Chorus I 2015-2019 Painted FRP, metal, speakers, 5 mins 11 secs single channel audio 96 x 68 x 56 in. l 244 x 173 x 142 cm. Chorus I is from a series of sound sculptures by the artist modeled on pre-radar devices used in the Second World War to pick up sounds of enemyRead More »Chorus I, 2015-19