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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 Ruled Paper (red, blue, white) are reminiscent of four-lined page notebooks used in schools to practice learning to write. While the straight lines provide a framework, they also convey an impressionRead More »Ruled Paper (red, blue, white), 2022

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

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