As one of the best regarded artists working in India, Nalini Malani is famous both for her paintings and for video and shadow-play installations that reveal a deep commitment to the subcontinent. She was born in Karachi in 1946, before the partition of Pakistan from India, and was forced to flee her hometown, along with her family, as a refugee. After stops in Calcutta and Poona, Malani settled in Bombay (current-day Mumbai), where she has lived and worked since 1958. There she has developed a new position for female Indian artists which has made her an icon for the country's younger generation. Her provocative works have been shown extensively in solo exhibitions, including one at the New Museum in New York, and in group contexts such as Tate Modern and the 2005 and 2007 Venice Bienniales. This exhibition catalogue, designed in collaboration with the artist, features Malani's latest paintings and installations. Artist biography is also provided.
Access level
Onsite
publisher
editor
Sean KISSANE, 
Location code
MON.MAN
Language
English
Keyword
installation,  performance art,  painting,  video art,  solo exhibition
Publication/Creation date
2007
No of pages
144
ISBN / ISSN
8881586444
No of copies
2
Content type
artist monograph, 
catalogue
Chapter headings
Locating the Female Gaze - Thomas MCEVILLEY
Shadows, Reflections and Nightmare: The Art of Nalini Malani - Chaitanya SAMBRANI
Our Points of Reference, Ideas and Values are not Confined by Man-Made Border: Interview with Nalini Malani by Johan Pijnappel
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