reenakallat

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

Siamese Trees, 2018-2019

Siamese Trees 2018-19 electric wires, metal, circuit boards, fittings In her works Reena Kallat seeks answers to perennial human conflicts by probing the natural world, often mixing the botanical and zoological to examine the political. In Siamese Trees, electrical wires have been painstakingly woven into inverted trees that conjoin to form human lungs. While theRead More »Siamese Trees, 2018-2019

Verso-Recto-Recto-Verso, 2017-2019

Installation View, 13TH Havana Biennial, Cuba Verso-Recto-Recto-Verso 2017-2019 tied and dyed silk Dimension variable The large scale installation titled, Verso-Recto-Recto-Verso comprises of textual scrolls rendered using the tie-and dye-process. The scrolls present the preambles to the constitutions of countries politically partitioned or in conflict. These are the constitutions of India and Pakistan, US and Cuba,Read More »Verso-Recto-Recto-Verso, 2017-2019

Leaking Lines, 2019

Leaking Lines 2019 electric wires, steel nails, charcoal, embossed and laser cut arches paper 31 x 31 x 2 in. l 79 x 79 x 5 cm. (each) 13 x 13 x 2 in. l 33 x 33 x 5 cm. (each) In Reena Kallat's works over the last several years the border, the territoryRead More »Leaking Lines, 2019

Enemy Properties, 2019

Untitled (Enemy Properties) 2019 four channel video installation with relief sculpture panels In the four channel video, one encounters architectural structures from pre-independence India that were designated “enemy properties” and annexed by the government during the 1965 war between India and Pakistan. The buildings were classified thus for their past association with individuals born inRead More »Enemy Properties, 2019