2017

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

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

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

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

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

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