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Exhibition Review
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 513–5
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Reviewer:
Terracciano, Emilia (Terracciano, Emilia)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Barbican Art Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
India
subjects:
Indian art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998 Edited by Shanay Jhaveri. 288 pp. incl. 250 col. ills. (Prestel, London and New York, 2024), £45. ISBN 978–3–7913–7769–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. How can you sleep tonight?, by Gulammohammed Sheikh. 1994–95. Oil on canvas, 213.4 by 213.4 cm. (© Gulammohammed Sheikh; Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi; courtesy the artist and Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi).
Attributed works:
13. Shamiana, by Nilima Sheikh. 1996. Six hanging scrolls of casein tempera on canvas, canopy of synthetic polymer paint on canvas and steel frame; dimensions variable. (Queensland Art Gallery Foundation).
Attributed works:
14. My mother, by Arpita Singh. 1993. Oil on canvas, 137.2 by 182.9 cm. (© Arpita Singh; private collection; courtesy Talwar Gallery, New York and New Delhi).