2018

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 toRead 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

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

Earth Citizens, 2018

Installation view, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad City Museum, Mumbai Earth Citizens  2018 gouache, charcoal, ink and electrical wire on handmade paper 72 x 36 x 2 in. I 183 x 183 x 5 cm. (diptych) Earth Citizens 2019 gouache, charcoal, ink and electric wire on arches paper 89 x 45 x 2 in.  I  226Read More »Earth Citizens, 2018

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