Pritika Chowdhry announces her retrospective art exhibition that triangulates monuments in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh through latex and silicone casts
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Pritika Chowdhry first began the Partition Anti-Memorial Project in 2007 and has since created site-specific, research-based objects that highlight the counter-memories of those whose lives were forever changed during the partitions of 1947 and 1971. Her exhibit includes several latex and silicone casts of the Jallianwallan Bagh memorial in Punjab, India, Minar-e-Pakistan monument in Lahore, Pakistan, and Martyred Intellectuals monument in Rayer Bazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
More details can be found at https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/broken-column
On her official website, Chowdhry talks about the Broken Column project and shares photos of herself making latex and silicone casts of stairs, walls, doors, niches, and ornaments in the aforementioned areas. These delicate casts capture the intricate details of each item and create a “copy” of these significant sites of memory or lieux de memoires.
She explains that her goal is to create a quietly provocative and experiential environment for viewers of her art exhibit. Her anti-memorial project, which is currently being displayed at the South Asia Institute in Chicago, also hits an important milestone as it commemorates the 75th anniversary of the 1947 Partition of India.
This historical event divided the Indian subcontinent into the independent nations of Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. Historians recount the 1947 Partition as one of the bloodiest events of modern times, stating that more than two million people lost their lives during this period. Further details can be found at https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/partition-of-india-monuments
Chowdhry, whose grandparents survived the Partition but lost several members of their extended family to the communal riots that eruptd in its wake, explained that her art makes gestures of repair and healing, and is meant to raise collective awareness of what happened decades ago and how to prevent similar events in the future.
Broken Column remains an ongoing project and will continue spreading awareness about traumatic geopolitical events.
Chowdhry writes, “As a socio-political, feminist artist, I make art installations that are anti-memorials to traumatic geopolitical events, such as partitions of countries, civil and military wars, riots, border violence, genocides, and terrorist attacks. A specific focus for me is to raise awareness about rape as a weapon in wars and conflicts in the 20th and 21st centuries.”
Visit https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/sites-of-memory-lieux-de-memoires to learn more about sites of memory or lieux de memoires.
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