A retrospective on half a century of Vivan Sundaram’s work is held together by the metaphor of the interrupted journey, in which the artist is the traveller whose unscheduled halts explode the certitudes of history’s dominant narratives.
Cages, 1966, enamel and water-based paint, 60 x 84 inches.
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From Persian Miniatures to Stan Brakhage, 1968, oil on canvas, 82.6 x 82.6 inches.
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Chain/Link/Step/Knives, 1972, from “Heights of Maccchu Picchu”, ink on paper, 14 x 11 inches.
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Give Me Your Hand, 1972, from “Heights of Maccchu Picchu”, ink on paper, 10.9 x 13.9 inches.
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Step Inside and You Are No Longer a Stranger, 1976, oil on canvas, 88 x 44 inches.
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Guddo, 1980, oil on canvas, 53.9 x 43.9 inches.
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Tractor Marks II, 1988, from "Long Night: Drawings in Charcoal", charcoal and photographs on paper, 30 x 39 inches. ▲
Allegorical Landscape, 1988, from "Long Night: Drawings in Charcoal", charcoal on paper, 30 x 39 inches. ▲
Safdar and Moloyashree, 1989, oil on canvas, 53.9 x 59.8 inches.
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Approaching 100,000 Sorties, 1991, from "Engine Oil and Charcoal: Works on Paper", engine oil, charcoal on paper, oil, aluminium, 132.2 x 59.8 inches.
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A River Carries Its Past, 1992, from "Engine Oil and Charcoal: Works on Paper", engine oil and burn marks on handmade paper, 80 x 120 x 12 inches. ▲
In Memory of Krishna Kumar (triptych), 1990-92, oil on wood, acrylic sheet, steel, tin sheet, 84 x 90 x 18 inches. ▲
Father-Daughter (Umrao Singh, Simla, mid-1940s; Amrita, Simla, 1937), from "Re-take of Amrita", 2002, digital photomontage.
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Bourgeois Family, Mirror Frieze, 2001-02, from "Re-take of Amrita", digital photomontage.
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12 Bed Ward, 2005, steel, leather, rubber shoe soles, cotton string, wire, electric bulbs, 360 x 240 inches (size variable).
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Barricade with Mattress, 2008, from "Trash", digital print, 38.9 x 66.9 inches.
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Mill Re-call, 2015, from “409 Ramkinkars”, steel, rubber and LED lights, 99 x 99 x 40 inches.
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One and the Many, 2015, from “409 Ramkinkars”, terracotta, size variable inches.
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Barricade with Two Drains, 2008, from "Trash", digital print, 39.3 x 86.6 inches.
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Year of the Barricades, 1968, 2017 (detail): Tariq Ali and Vanessa Redgrave in London and Rudi Dutschke in Berlin: anti-Vietnam War demonstrations.
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