IS IT WHAT YOU THINK?
Ruminations on Time, Memory and Site

30 January 2014 - 27 September 2014

Curated by Roobina Karode

KNMA, Saket, Delhi

Vivan Sundaram Memorial , 1993 - 2014 Black and White Photographs, Tin, Iron, Steel, Sandstone, Brick, Cement, Plaster of Paris, Glass, Marble, Wood, Paper-Pulp, Neon Lights and Enamel Paint

Anita Dube Illegal , 2004-2005 Stryrofoam, Bandages, Glue, Paint, Lightboxes with Silkscreen Prints on Acrylic Sheeting and Glass

Navjot Altaf Lacuna in Testimony 2003 , Three-Channel Video Installation with Seventy-Two Mirror Pieces

Idris Khan The Devil's Wall: God is Great , 2011 , Sandblasted Aluminium, Oil Paint and Wood

Shilpa Gupta Someone Else: A Library of 100 Books Written Anonymously or Under Pseudonyms2011 Etched stainless-steel book covers

N N Rimzon The Inner Voice 1992 Resin, Fiberglass, Marble Dust and Cast Iron

Amar Kanwar Lightning Testimonies 2007 , Eight-Channel Video Installation

Participating Artists

Anita Dube, Atul Dodiya, Amar Kanwar, Arpita Singh, Ashim Purkayastha, Gulammohammed Sheikh, Himmat Shah, Idris Khan, K.P. Krishnakumar, Navjot Altaf, N.N. Rimzon, Rummana Hussain, Shirazeh Houshiary, Shilpa Gupta, Surendran Nair, Vivan Sundaram, Zarina Hashmi

At one level, the exhibition reflects upon the immediate and the impending political and social crisis through acts of resistance, and at another level, it becomes a site of recuperation and healing. The pertinent question that haunts our minds today is linked to the crisis of a decadent humanity that the world at large and India in particular is grappling with. The selected artists have been committed to a socially engaged practice since many years. Through their seminal works, themes that touch upon issues of oppression, violence, historical identity and cultural memory will be addressed in diverse formats and modes of representation.