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Karkhana: A Contemporary Collaboration |
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23rd August 2005 to 21st March 2006 |
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The exhibition highlights the Karkhana Project, a series of collaborative paintings by six innovative contemporary miniaturists. The project, initiated and organised by Muhammad Imran Qureshi, was inspired by the cooperative nature of miniature painting during the Mughal era in India. Work on the project began in 2003, in the wake of the events following the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Each artist started work on two new pieces of wasli (a layered handmade paper), and sent the paintings by courier in succession to the other five artists in the group, each of whom each added a layer of imagery, marks, or other processes. The series of miniatures that resulted from this endeavour are an inspired improvisational performanceand the paintings represent a milestone in the contemporary miniature movement as well as a remarkable experiment in avant-garde collaboration. |
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Exhibition Catalogue |
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www.aldrichart.org |
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