CSAS Lecture Series | The Sindhu Project: Enigma of Roots
Artists Mahwish Chishty, Gunjan Kumar, and curator Shaleen Wadhwana
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
4:30-6:00 PM
Off Campus Location
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The Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) will welcome artists Mahwish Chishty, Gunjan Kumar, and curator Shaleen Wadhwana for a live virtual discussion on their research and artwork in The Sindhu Project: Enigma of Roots on Wed, Sept 7 at 4:30pm EST (1:30am, Lahore PKT and 2:00am, Delhi IST). They will walk us through their research journeys rooted in Indus Valley Civilization and Gandharan art and architecture and take us through a curated walkthrough of the virtual 3D map of their Delhi exhibition.
The Sindhu Project is a multi-site exhibition that debuted at the South Asia Institute in Chicago in June 2021. The works in this show were reconfigured into two exhibitions to honor the history of the partition of India and Pakistan; one half of this exhibition was in Lahore, Pakistan at Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts, that took place in November 2021, and the other in New Delhi, India curated by Shaleen Wadhwana at Exhibit320 Gallery until June 2022.
Mahwish Chishty combines new media and conceptual work with materials and techniques of South Asian art and craft traditions. Her work has been exhibited all over the world and is in both public and private collections. Chishty is an associate professor for the Department of Art at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, along with other fellowships and awards. Artist residencies include Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York; Chicago Cultural Center; and Vermont Studio Center. She holds a BFA with a concentration in Miniature Painting from the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan, and an MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Maryland in College Park.
Gunjan Kumar is an artist based in Chicago originally from Punjab, India. Kumar received her bachelor’s in economics (honors) from Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, and is a postgraduate in Textiles from the National Institute of Design and Technology, New Delhi. Her process involves ground earth and organic matter used as core mediums, applied on natural surfaces with techniques inspired by traditional methods, that she has spent years observing in India and other South Asian countries. Her works have been exhibited all over the world and she has been a resident fellow at the Edward Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY (2016-2017). In 2020, Kumar also started an education program called Nature Studies, with workshops on nature as a medium in arts.
Shaleen Wadhwana is an independent researcher and curator. Her curatorial practice explores meta-narratives in global history and artistic responses to contemporary social issues. She has worked with National Museum, Delhi, and Chemould Prescott Road Gallery, Mumbai. She has worked with cultural institutions like the British Museum, London, National Museum, Delhi, and Chemould Prescott Road Gallery, Mumbai. As visiting faculty at the MIT Institute of Design, Pune, she teaches Big History and Design Futures. Her academic research for The Unfiltered History Tour, which is on display at The British Museum, won India 12 awards at the Cannes Lions Festival. She is academically trained in Art History (SOAS, London), Cultural Heritage Law (Geneva-UNESCO), Liberal Arts (Young India Fellowship, Ashoka University), and History (Delhi University).
To view the online exhibition: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=D8QznvatRbY
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
The Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) will welcome artists Mahwish Chishty, Gunjan Kumar, and curator Shaleen Wadhwana for a live virtual discussion on their research and artwork in The Sindhu Project: Enigma of Roots on Wed, Sept 7 at 4:30pm EST (1:30am, Lahore PKT and 2:00am, Delhi IST). They will walk us through their research journeys rooted in Indus Valley Civilization and Gandharan art and architecture and take us through a curated walkthrough of the virtual 3D map of their Delhi exhibition.
The Sindhu Project is a multi-site exhibition that debuted at the South Asia Institute in Chicago in June 2021. The works in this show were reconfigured into two exhibitions to honor the history of the partition of India and Pakistan; one half of this exhibition was in Lahore, Pakistan at Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts, that took place in November 2021, and the other in New Delhi, India curated by Shaleen Wadhwana at Exhibit320 Gallery until June 2022.
Mahwish Chishty combines new media and conceptual work with materials and techniques of South Asian art and craft traditions. Her work has been exhibited all over the world and is in both public and private collections. Chishty is an associate professor for the Department of Art at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, along with other fellowships and awards. Artist residencies include Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York; Chicago Cultural Center; and Vermont Studio Center. She holds a BFA with a concentration in Miniature Painting from the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan, and an MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Maryland in College Park.
Gunjan Kumar is an artist based in Chicago originally from Punjab, India. Kumar received her bachelor’s in economics (honors) from Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, and is a postgraduate in Textiles from the National Institute of Design and Technology, New Delhi. Her process involves ground earth and organic matter used as core mediums, applied on natural surfaces with techniques inspired by traditional methods, that she has spent years observing in India and other South Asian countries. Her works have been exhibited all over the world and she has been a resident fellow at the Edward Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY (2016-2017). In 2020, Kumar also started an education program called Nature Studies, with workshops on nature as a medium in arts.
Shaleen Wadhwana is an independent researcher and curator. Her curatorial practice explores meta-narratives in global history and artistic responses to contemporary social issues. She has worked with National Museum, Delhi, and Chemould Prescott Road Gallery, Mumbai. She has worked with cultural institutions like the British Museum, London, National Museum, Delhi, and Chemould Prescott Road Gallery, Mumbai. As visiting faculty at the MIT Institute of Design, Pune, she teaches Big History and Design Futures. Her academic research for The Unfiltered History Tour, which is on display at The British Museum, won India 12 awards at the Cannes Lions Festival. She is academically trained in Art History (SOAS, London), Cultural Heritage Law (Geneva-UNESCO), Liberal Arts (Young India Fellowship, Ashoka University), and History (Delhi University).
To view the online exhibition: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=D8QznvatRbY
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
| Building: | Off Campus Location |
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| Location: | Virtual |
| Event Type: | Livestream / Virtual |
| Tags: | Asia, India, Pakistan |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Center for South Asian Studies, International Institute, Asian Languages and Cultures |
