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Women Printmakers Explore Memory and Inheritance at InKo Centre Exhibition

exhibition · 2026-04-20

The exhibition 'Inheritance: Memory and Matter' at the InKo Centre features women printmakers from South India working with carving, etching, and embossing techniques. These artists explore themes of memory and legacy through their material practices. The show brings together multiple generations of practitioners who trace personal and cultural histories across time. Printmaking serves as the primary medium for investigating how memories are preserved and transmitted. The exhibition highlights how artistic processes can document intangible heritage. Works examine both individual and collective forms of remembrance. The InKo Centre in Chennai provides the venue for this thematic presentation. Printmaking's tactile qualities become tools for recording lived experiences.

Key facts

  • Exhibition titled 'Inheritance: Memory and Matter'
  • Features women printmakers from South India
  • Held at InKo Centre
  • Artists use carving, etching, and embossing techniques
  • Themes explore memory and inheritance
  • Focus on tracing legacies across time and material
  • Printmaking as medium for memory documentation
  • Examination of personal and cultural histories

Entities

Institutions

  • InKo Centre

Locations

  • South India
  • Chennai
  • India

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