Close
Tour of the exhibition: ‘The Imaginary Institution of India, 1975-1998’
10 December 2024, 4:30 pm–6:00 pm
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
-
Queenie Lee – History of Art
Location
-
Barbican CentreSilk St, BarbicanLondonEC2Y 8DSUnited Kingdom
Join us for a tour of the Barbican’s current exhibition “The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998.”
Featuring artwork by over 30 Indian artists, this major exhibition explores how artists metabolised the years of profound social upheaval, economic collapse, and rapid urbanisation between Indira Gandhi’s declaration of a state of emergency in 1975 and the Pokhran nuclear tests in 1998.
An introduction to the exhibition will be provided by the curator and current Head of Visual Arts at the Barbican Shanay Jhaveri, while Dr Diva Gujral, who contributed to the exhibition catalogue and completed her PhD in History of Art at UCL in 2021, will lead the tour.