One of the centrepieces of the autumn programme at Sharjah Art Foundation is a significant group exhibition that examines South Asian pop art.
Pop South Asia will feature more than 100 pieces by artists from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the South Asian diaspora from September 2 through December 11. The works span the mid-20th century to the present and include paintings, prints, videos, and installations.
The show will cover a variety of topics, from traditional and religious practises to film and digital media. It aims to examine the nuances of the popular movement in South Asia and broaden the traditional understanding of pop art beyond the Western viewpoint.
Iftikhar Dadi, an artist and lecturer at Cornell University in New York, and Roobina Karode, the director and head curator of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in New Delhi, are responsible for curating Pop South Asia. Before moving, it will make its debut at the foundation, with assistance from the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art.
The foundation’s Watch and Chill 2.0: Streaming Senses programme is another aspect of the autumn season.
The Sharjah foundation, ArkDes, the Swedish Center for Architecture and Design, and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea are partners in the organisation of the subscription-based streaming service.
Jihoi Lee, the curator of sculpture, installation, and architecture at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea, Hoor Al Qasimi, the director of the Sharjah Foundation, and James Taylor-Foster, the curator of modern and contemporary architecture at ArkDes, are the exhibition’s curators.
After receiving an astounding 3,000 submissions this year, the Sharjah Film Platform will also be returning with a greater variety of films than in past incarnations. The annual film festival will screen short and feature-length movies from October 21 to October 30. At the festival’s conclusion, a jury will present awards. Later this year, there will also be the Focal Point Art Book Fair.
An assortment of printed works produced by artist presses, bookmakers, self-publishers, and other non-commercial cultural producers who experiment with publishing are on display at the yearly event.
