Van Abbemuseum presents Sheela Gowda Open Eye Policy, an exhibition on view 23 February–26 May 2013.
Sheela Gowda, Kangabangara, 2007. Courtesy the artist.
The solo exhibition Open Eye Policy by Sheela Gowda presents the most comprehensive overview to date of the work of this acclaimed Indian artist. It brings together sculpture, large installations, painting and photography from the past twenty years. A first impression of these works suggests a preoccupation with abstraction, form and material, but on closer inspection they reveal a constant engagement with politics, environment and society.
Gowda’s use of unconventional materials is a highly evocative element of her practice. It sets out the artist’s concerns and methods, her relationship to materials and the image, her invocation of the social context of the Indian subcontinent and beyond, and how these are combined in artworks that are both elegant and thought provoking.
Following its presentation at the Van Abbemuseum, the exhibition will travel to Lunds konsthall, Lund, Sweden.
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