Lines of Control: Partition as a Productive Space explores the creation and maintenance of borders, both physical as well as psychological, through the works of artists primarily from South Asia. These artists focus on the idea of partition as a productive space–where nations are made through forging new identities and relationships; reconfiguring memory and creative forgetting; re-writing history and the making of myths; and through the creation and patrolling of borders. Developed by the not-for-profit arts organization Green Cardamom, Lines of Control: Partition as a Productive Space originated in London in 2009 as an exhibition focused on South Asian artists and the division of India in 1947. The project later expanded to a larger exhibition at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University and the Nasher Museum, incorporating works by artists from countries such as Mexico, Lebanon, and Ireland. Included in the exhibition are works from artists Bani Abidi, Francis Alÿs, Shipla Gupta, Zarina Hasmi, Mona Hatoum, Amar Kanwar, and Rashid Rana. This exhibition is co-curated by Hammad Nasar and Iftikhar Dadi.
Upcoming Exhibitions / Lines of Control: Partition as a Productive Space
Amar Kanwar, Trilogy: A Season Outside, 1997. Video (color, sound), 30:00 minute loop. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and Paris.
