Amar Kanwar's Immersive India at Serpentine North, London, Through January 2027
An exhibition featuring Amar Kanwar is currently on display at Serpentine North in London, running until 31 January 2027, and is curated by Chris Bayley and Kit Gurnos. This immersive show, accessed through thick black curtains, delves into Indian history and the ongoing tensions stemming from the 1947 Partition's violence. After two decades of conflict, Kanwar expresses a longing for dialogue. Notable pieces include The Peacock's Graveyard (2023), a seven-screen installation, and Such a Morning, an 85-minute film about a mathematician and a professor grappling with truth. Additionally, the new film The Charcoal Man addresses the violence of the 1947 Partition, which resulted in an estimated 200,000 to two million fatalities, as Kanwar seeks to draw lessons from history to comprehend the present.
Key facts
- Exhibition runs until 31 January 2027 at Serpentine North, London
- Curated by Chris Bayley with Kit Gurnos
- Features The Peacock's Graveyard (2023), a seven-screen digital video installation, 28 min. 16 sec.
- Main gallery holds paper squares of ramie, cotton and banana fiber; 62 backlit, 17 used as projection screens
- Such a Morning is an 85-minute film described as a "contemporary parable of two people's serene confrontation with truth"
- The Charcoal Man addresses the 1947 Partition, which created Pakistan and later Bangladesh
- Partition violence among Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs killed between 200,000 and two million
- Kanwar said in 2014 he realized he had spent twenty years arguing and sought genuine dialogue
Entities
Artists
- Amar Kanwar
- Chris Bayley
- Kit Gurnos
- Monica Tewary
- Luke Walker
- Sherna Dastur
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Bettina Korek
Institutions
- Serpentine Gallery
- Serpentine North
- Marian Goodman Gallery
- exibart.com
- Serpentine
- Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
- Sharjah Biennial 15
- documenta 14
- Sharjah Biennial
- Palazzo Grassi – Pinault Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Ishara Art Foundation
- NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery
- Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
- Tate Modern
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- Bildmuseet
- Frac des Pays de la Loire
- Goethe-Institut Mumbai
- Assam State Museum
- North East Network
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- Yorkshire Sculpture Park
- Fotomuseum Winterthur
- Stedelijk Museum
- Whitechapel Art Gallery
- National Museum Oslo
- The Renaissance Society
- Kochi-Muziris Biennale
- IHME Helsinki
- Prince Claus Fund
- Creative Time
- Maine College of Art
- San Francisco International Film Festival
- Mumbai International Film Festival
- FAD Magazine
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- India
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Hyde Park
- New Delhi
- Athens
- Greece
- Kassel
- Germany
- Delhi
- Indian subcontinent
- UK
- Venice
- Italy
- New York
- USA
- Dubai
- UAE
- Abu Dhabi
- Madrid
- Spain
- Minneapolis
- Umeå
- Sweden
- Carquefou
- France
- Mumbai
- Assam
- Chicago
- Wakefield
- Winterthur
- Switzerland
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Oslo
- Norway
- Sharjah
- Kochi
- Muziris
- Helsinki
- Finland
- Portland
- San Francisco
- California
- Kensington Gardens