I recently
visited the Artes Mundi, an exhibition at the Welsh National Museum. This is a
contemporary visual exhibition that explores social themes from across the
world. It consists of work by seven artists that I find each to be unique in
their own way to either express, or to challenge moral issues. The display that
caught my attention the most was Sheela Gowda’s installation Kagebangara. It comprises of beaten flat and stacked
tar drums with tarpaulin sheets. My first impression was that the materials,
which were sourced from near Gowda’s hometown, looked exceedingly out of place
in comparison to the clean white walls of the gallery, but I noticed that it is
this element, which heightens the contrast to the poverty which migrants and
Indian road workers face. This particular display left me with me a thought
provoking and lasting impression concerning poverty and injustice.
Photos of Kagebangara:
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