Painting

Water Footprint 2023 acrylic on linen 42 x 60 in. l 106 x  152 cm. Reena Kallat’s painting, Water Footprint explores critical geographies by emphasizing humanity’s potential to transform the environment. At first glance, Kallat’s artwork features a map of an uncanny world where the proportions of countries depicted betray standard expectations. While cartography hasRead More »Water Footprint, 2023

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

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 aRead More »Deep Rivers Run Quiet, 2020

Leaking Lines (The Nile River) 2019-2020 gouache, charcoal, electric wires, steel nails, embossed and laser cut arches paper 26 x 35 in.  l  66 x 89 cm Leaking Lines (The Indus River) 2019-2020 gouache, charcoal, electric wires, steel nails, embossed and laser cut arches paper 26 x 35 in.  l  66 x 89 cm Leaking Lines (Jordan River)Read More »Leaking Lines (river drawings), 2019-2020