Papers by arshiya lokhandwala
online , 2023
"Archaeology of the Self: Archives, Anarchives and the Artist " is an art exhibition curated by ... more "Archaeology of the Self: Archives, Anarchives and the Artist " is an art exhibition curated by Dr Arshiya M Lokhandwalla in collaboration with Art Heritage, New Delhi, India in 2023.
The exhibition is a proposition to artists to revisit a specific body of work or a period of their practice through the lens of their own personal archive. Drawing on Michel Foucault’s seminal book An Archaeology of Knowledge, the exhibition is an invitation to the artists to delve deep into their own practice, to excavate/ exhume a significant engagement that ties in past, present and future of their practice. The archive for the artist is a source of inspiration and material as they engage historical and cultural artifacts, including photographs, documents, and objects. This intensity of the archival return as a storage of traces of the past, or as sites to rethink our past form a significant part of several artist’s art practice.
Participating artists : Anita Dube, Astha Butail, Jitish Kallat, Mithu Sen, Nikhil Chopra Pushpamala N, Raqs Media Collective, Thukral and Tagra, Vivan Sundaram
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Online , 2016
"Given Time: The Gift and its Offerings" is an exhibition that invited ten Indian artists to unp... more "Given Time: The Gift and its Offerings" is an exhibition that invited ten Indian artists to unpack the concepts behind the gift. Curated by Dr Arshiya M Lokhandwalla the show engaged in the greater contractual obligations, we receive with a premature understanding of the significant and inconspicuous exchange between individuals. Every society has different practices relating to the exchanges of goods and wealth, real and personal property, and subsuming categories of economic value, though also of military favors, rituals, and hospitality.
It is an area of scholarship by many historians, including anthropologist Marcel Mauss, who suggests that giving is not a voluntary action between people but that the person receiving a gift is obligated - therefore emphasizing the importance of contractual act in returning a gift. The exhibition title pays homage to philosopher Jacques Derrida’s book, Given Time 1: Counterfeit Money. It highlights the critical “interval” between the exchange of a gift and counter-gift, suggesting that the gift not only gives time but implies the moment within which it must be returned, making the gift, according to him, impossible. The reciprocity of the gift - its return or exchange, is annulling. This exhibition considers the impossibility of a gift devoid of reciprocity, return, or debt.
The exhibition presents works across media by artists including Atul Dodiya, Nikhil Chopra, Raqs Media Collective, Anita Dube, Dayanita Singh, Justin Ponmany, Anju Dodiya, Prajakta Potnis, Mithu Sen, and Shilpa Gupta
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Raza Foundation , 2018
The exhibition 'Beyond Transnationalism', undertaken at the cusp of India’s 70 years of independe... more The exhibition 'Beyond Transnationalism', undertaken at the cusp of India’s 70 years of independence, seeks to understand the many positions of artists of South Asian descent living in the United States. The exhibition, presented in collaboration with The Raza Foundation, unravels the multiple subjectivities of each of the individual artists as palimpsests of varied lived experiences; interactions and relationships no longer tied only to nations. This exhibition asks questions about new ways to articulate these new identities. Artists include: Amina Ahmed, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Bari Kumar, Chitra Ganesh, Hamra Abbas, Jaret Vadera, Krishna Reddy, Mariam Ghani, Priyanka Dasgupta, Ranu Mukherjee, Rina Banerjee, Shaurya Kumar, Shahzia Sikander, Shelly Bahl, Shreshta Rit Premnath, Vandana Jain and Zarina Hashmi.
The exhibition was presented at AIFACS Gallery, Delhi and BDL Museum, Mumbai in 2018 . It was commissioned by the Raza Foundation
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The exhibition is a proposition to artists to revisit a specific body of work or a period of their practice through the lens of their own personal archive. Drawing on Michel Foucault’s seminal book An Archaeology of Knowledge, the exhibition is an invitation to the artists to delve deep into their own practice, to excavate/ exhume a significant engagement that ties in past, present and future of their practice. The archive for the artist is a source of inspiration and material as they engage historical and cultural artifacts, including photographs, documents, and objects. This intensity of the archival return as a storage of traces of the past, or as sites to rethink our past form a significant part of several artist’s art practice.
Participating artists : Anita Dube, Astha Butail, Jitish Kallat, Mithu Sen, Nikhil Chopra Pushpamala N, Raqs Media Collective, Thukral and Tagra, Vivan Sundaram
It is an area of scholarship by many historians, including anthropologist Marcel Mauss, who suggests that giving is not a voluntary action between people but that the person receiving a gift is obligated - therefore emphasizing the importance of contractual act in returning a gift. The exhibition title pays homage to philosopher Jacques Derrida’s book, Given Time 1: Counterfeit Money. It highlights the critical “interval” between the exchange of a gift and counter-gift, suggesting that the gift not only gives time but implies the moment within which it must be returned, making the gift, according to him, impossible. The reciprocity of the gift - its return or exchange, is annulling. This exhibition considers the impossibility of a gift devoid of reciprocity, return, or debt.
The exhibition presents works across media by artists including Atul Dodiya, Nikhil Chopra, Raqs Media Collective, Anita Dube, Dayanita Singh, Justin Ponmany, Anju Dodiya, Prajakta Potnis, Mithu Sen, and Shilpa Gupta
Books by arshiya lokhandwala
The exhibition was presented at AIFACS Gallery, Delhi and BDL Museum, Mumbai in 2018 . It was commissioned by the Raza Foundation
The exhibition is a proposition to artists to revisit a specific body of work or a period of their practice through the lens of their own personal archive. Drawing on Michel Foucault’s seminal book An Archaeology of Knowledge, the exhibition is an invitation to the artists to delve deep into their own practice, to excavate/ exhume a significant engagement that ties in past, present and future of their practice. The archive for the artist is a source of inspiration and material as they engage historical and cultural artifacts, including photographs, documents, and objects. This intensity of the archival return as a storage of traces of the past, or as sites to rethink our past form a significant part of several artist’s art practice.
Participating artists : Anita Dube, Astha Butail, Jitish Kallat, Mithu Sen, Nikhil Chopra Pushpamala N, Raqs Media Collective, Thukral and Tagra, Vivan Sundaram
It is an area of scholarship by many historians, including anthropologist Marcel Mauss, who suggests that giving is not a voluntary action between people but that the person receiving a gift is obligated - therefore emphasizing the importance of contractual act in returning a gift. The exhibition title pays homage to philosopher Jacques Derrida’s book, Given Time 1: Counterfeit Money. It highlights the critical “interval” between the exchange of a gift and counter-gift, suggesting that the gift not only gives time but implies the moment within which it must be returned, making the gift, according to him, impossible. The reciprocity of the gift - its return or exchange, is annulling. This exhibition considers the impossibility of a gift devoid of reciprocity, return, or debt.
The exhibition presents works across media by artists including Atul Dodiya, Nikhil Chopra, Raqs Media Collective, Anita Dube, Dayanita Singh, Justin Ponmany, Anju Dodiya, Prajakta Potnis, Mithu Sen, and Shilpa Gupta
The exhibition was presented at AIFACS Gallery, Delhi and BDL Museum, Mumbai in 2018 . It was commissioned by the Raza Foundation