SHEELA GOWDA, Chimera, 2004. Tar drum, mica flakes, ø 142 cm. Collection of the artist; SUBODH GUPTA, The Way Home (detail), 1998-99. Steel, fiberglass, plastic, dimensions variable.
Deepak Ananth is an art critic and curator based in Paris.
AMAR KANWAR - Collecting evidence
Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen
AMAR KANWAR’S A Season Outside (1998) — a contemplation on the sources of
violence, consisting of a mesmerizing mixture of voice narration, sound and documentary material shot at the northern borders of India — was one of the highlights of Documenta 11. At Documenta 12 he presented the video installation The Lightning Testimonies (2007), in which the traumatic experiences of women
during the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 are taken as a point of departure for a complex survey which explores the narratives of sexual violence in political conflicts in the Indian region. Currently Kanwar is completing “The Torn First Pages,” a new body of work on the political and humanitarian situation in Burma (Myanmar). Different parts of “The Torn First Pages” have been exhibited in the last
year and by the middle of 2008 the series will begin to travel as a whole.
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