reenakallat

Woven Chronicle, 2018

Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Woven Chronicle 2018 circuit boards, speakers, electric wires and fittings single channel audio (10 min.) 144 x 504 x 24 in. l 366 x 1447 x 61 cm. View timelapse video Map orientation is completely arbitrary since travelling through 3-dimensional space there is no reference of upRead More »Woven Chronicle, 2018

Chorus, 2017

Installation view, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany Chorus 2017 painted FRP, metal, speakers single channel audio 107 x 119 x 75 in. I 272 x 302 x 190 cm. Chorus is modeled on pre-radar listening devices used to locate enemy aircrafts during the Second World War. The large dishes in these surveillance devices are called acoustic mirrorsRead More »Chorus, 2017

Cleft, 2017

Installation view, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany Cleft 2017 gouache, charcoal, ink and electric wire on Fabriano paper 110 x 58 x 3 in. I 279 x 147 x 8 cm. each (diptych) Cleft follows Hyphenated Lives, a series of works by Reena Kallat that imagine hybrid flora and fauna by merging the national animals and plantsRead More »Cleft, 2017

Woven Chronicle, 2016

Installation view, Museum of Modern Art, New York Woven Chronicle 2011/2016 Electric wires, circuit boards, speakers and fittings; single channel audio (10 min.) 127 x 570 x 12 in. l 322 x 1447 x 30 cm. view timelapse video Treating electric wires as if they were yarn, Kallat created a woven map tracing the routesRead More »Woven Chronicle, 2016

Hyphenated Lives, 2016

Installation view, Kiswire Suyeong Factory, 10th Busan Biennale, Korea Hyphenated Lives 2016 gouache, charcoal, ink and electric wire on handmade paper, black boards, wooden vitrines, unfired clay, postcard Hyphenated Lives is a re-imagining of fantastical mutations within the natural world, where new hybridized species of birds and animals, trees and flowers otherwise foregrounded as nationalRead More »Hyphenated Lives, 2016

Saline Notations (fluid signs), 2016-2017

Installation view, Norrtalje Museum + Konsthall, Sweden Saline Notations (fluid signs - 2) 2017 digital print on archival paper + DIBOND, rock salt chunks, stamp from the Postmuseum, Stockholm and related material from the Nobel Museum archives black painted MDF boards, salt, clipboards, paper Reena Kallat's installation is centred on the photograph of a beach inscribed with the poemRead More »Saline Notations (fluid signs), 2016-2017

Hyphenated Lives, 2015

Installation view, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai Hyphenated Lives 2015 gouache, charcoal, ink and electric wire on handmade paper, black boards, wooden vitrines, unfired clay, postcards. Hyphenated Lives, the suite of works from which the exhibition derives its title, envision fantastical mutations within the natural world. Reena Kallat invents new hybridized species of birds and animals,Read More »Hyphenated Lives, 2015

White Birds, 2015

Installation view, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai White Birds Painting: gouache, charcoal, electric wire on deckle – edge handmade paper 37 x 52 in. l 94 x 132 cm. Sculpture: painted FRP 18 x 30 x 30 in. l 46 x 76 x 76 cm. In White Birds, Reena Kallat foregrounds the paranoia that prevails aroundRead More »White Birds, 2015

Pause Persist, 2015

Pause Persist 2015 single channel video projection 7 mins 11 secs The Video ‘Pause Persist’ is set within the game of Noughts and Crosses, (also referred to as X and 0) meant to be played between two players who take turns, marking the spaces in a 3 × 3 grid. Games, like conversations involve turn-taking, and here it slowlyRead More »Pause Persist, 2015

Saline Notations (Echoes), 2015

Installation view, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai Saline Notations (Echoes) 2015 digital print on Hahnemuhle photorag archival paper + DIBOND 42 x 29 in. l 107 x 74 cm. each (set of 6) Saline Notations (Echoes) are a series of looped texts inscribed in salt that reflect on memory and all that is lost in theRead More »Saline Notations (Echoes), 2015