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Part 2 - Futuring | CheMoulding: Framing Future Archives
Curated by Shaleen Wadhwana | 60 Years of Gallery Chemould 15 November 2023Futurists actively view the present world as a window to possible future outcomes. By this definition, we are all futurists. However, in reality, actively viewing the present means to confront... -
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CheMoulding: Framing, Part 1
Video WalkthroughShireen Gandhy walks you through CheMoulding: Framing - Part 1, the first part of our 60th anniversary exhibition curated by Shaleen Wadhwana.
Directed, shot and edited by - Mukul Kapoor - DA & Second camera assistant - Gurman Kaur
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For the 60th year anniversary exhibition, independent curator Shaleen Wadhwana has conducted in depth archival research to create multiple entry points into six decades of Indian contemporary art. She presents ‘CheMoulding | Framing Future Archives’, a two part exhibition which previewed on 15th September with Part 1-Framing.
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Jitish Kallat presents the core architectural intervention of this exhibition. This nucleus is the resurrected Gallery Chemould structure (1963-2007) in the current Chemould Prescott Road space (2007 onwards). Upon the iconic curved wall is the CheMoulding Archival Timeline researched by the Chemould Archive Team and Curator.
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Install View, Dhruvi Acharya, Atul Dodiya, Framing, Part 1 CheMoulding
CheMoulding unpacks human needs in the Indian context through their artistic responses:
Love, friendship, grief and loss are emotions that impact all of us; results of various means of nurturing, care, belonging and the sense of home (or lack thereof). They can lead to dissent, rage, and protest, to change the way things are or keep them the same in society, reflective of the inward relationship with oneself which reverberates across the universe.
Part 1 | Framing grounds us in the historical context of how we arrived at Emotion, Nurture, Society and Self. -
Install View, NS Harsha, Ritesh Meshram, Sheetal Gattani, Framing, Part 1 CheMoulding
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Install View, Anant Joshi, Atul Dodiya,, Framing, Part 1 CheMoulding
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Install View, Atul Dodiya, Bhuvanesh Gowda, Framing, Part 1 CheMoulding
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Install View, Meera Devidayal, Madhvi Subrahmanian, Framing, Part 1 CheMouldingThe core architectural intervention intersects the current (2007-onwards) Chemould Prescott Road space by placing the old (1963-2007) Gallery Chemould structure within it — this is the central nucleus of the exhibition. Its convex wall showcases the archival research timeline of the Indian art movement through the lens of Bombay and Chemould. This envelopes the concave room which holds the micro-histories of dissent, resilience and long standing revolutions which speak to today’s alarming reality of targeted historical erasure. In contrast we acknowledge the gaps that pervade every archive, where our past selves lay open to an honest re-examination of what-ifs (not what-abouts). Khorshed and Kekoo Gandhy built the scaffolding within which many (in art) could nurture their homes. This sentiment finds itself through memorialisation of gallery exhibition records and motifs from veteran artists. Physical imprints of frame mouldings and building material from Kekee Manzil are presented to relook at the evolution of family-gallery-artist friendships, traced with everyday childhood memories. As we enter and exit this exhibition, we are reminded of the one thing we all must confront – Time.
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Atyaan Jungalwala with mother Shireen Gandhy [L-R], 2023, at Chemould Prescott Road,
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Install View, Room of Resilience and Resistance, Vivan Sundaram, Varunika Saraf, Ram Rahman, Framing, Part 1 CheMoulding
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Jitish Kallat presents the core architectural intervention of this exhibition. This nucleus is the resurrected Gallery Chemould structure (1963-2007) in the current Chemould Prescott Road space (2007 onwards). Upon the iconic curved wall is the CheMoulding Archival Timeline researched by the Chemould Archive Team and Curator.Chemould archived its 60 year history through the diligent efforts of Eka Archiving Services and Khorshed Gandhy’s consistent record keeping. This archive contains over 15,000 items ranging from letters, awards, invitation cards, albums, catalogues, press clippings to photographs, CDs, mounted slides, stamps, emails, and telegrams from India, Switzerland, Italy, Afghanistan, UAE, Germany, UK, USA and Australia. This is the CheMoulding Archival Timeline researched and conceptualised by curator Shaleen Wadhwana with the Chemould Archive team. For her, "Reflecting on the history of this gallery is akin to reflecting on the history of India, of Bombay, of the Indian art movement, and this timeline is a starting point to navigate this complex journey."Photo Credits: Anil RaneTexts by: Shaleen Wadhwana
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Sunaina Kewalramani and Atyaan Jungalwala [L-R], 2023, at Chemould CoLab,
Image Credit © Darshana Parab“As the third generation of the Chemould Family, to witness the gallery's 60th year is a legacy that cannot be taken for granted. Having started Chemould CoLab in 2022 to nurture younger artists and to create a space that builds new careers - we are so pleased to be participating in this endeavour. As a part of this celebration, we have invited our young artists to be a part of Chemould60 by responding to artists that are part of the current Chemould Prescott Road stable of artists. Creating these intersections, our young artists have been given prompts that will nudge, provoke and create new conversations.”
-Atyaan Jungalwala, Co-founder of Chemould Colab
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