Dhaka Art Summit 2014 Features South Asian Survey and Public Billboards

Dhaka Art Summit 2014 unfolds over three days in February, presenting a major survey exhibition of artists from eight South Asian nations: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The event combines this regional overview with solo presentations by artists including Jitish Kallat, Runa Islam, and Rashid Rana, alongside a performance work by Nikhil Chopra. A curating summit and presentations by commercial galleries from the region are also part of the program. Notable highlights include a public commission by Raqs Media Collective that will occupy 160 billboards across the Bangladeshi capital. Another key project is a new series by Shilpa Gupta, inspired by her travels through the lawless border enclaves known as 'chitmahals' between India and Bangladesh, where approximately 51,000 people reside without public amenities. Gupta's work incorporates drawings made from a prohibited cough syrup, phantasmic stone engravings, photographs, and incised historical records.