Sheba Chhachhi
(1958)
Conference of Birds (Winged Pilgrims: A Chronicle from Asia)
"I have created a series of imaginary landscapes, digital tapestries which weave together references culled from Indian sculpture, Chinese brush painting, the Persian/Mughal miniature and documentary photography to inhabit these moving image lightboxes." "I have created a series of imaginary landscapes, digital tapestries which weave together references culled from Indian sculpture, Chinese brush painting, the Persian/Mughal miniature and documentary photography to inhabit these moving image lightboxes." Winged Pilgrims: A Chronicle from Asia , which comprises sculptures, lightboxes and a soundtrack. Chhachhi explains that "this work configures a spatial, temporal and conceptual field within which the movement of ideas, objects, forms across Asia, with China and India as significant nodes, is articulated through three key elements that are simultaneously material and metaphoric: Birds, the robes of Buddhist Pilgrims, and the 'Plasma Action' Electronic TV toy." (Sheba Chhachhi, Winged Pilgrims: A Chronicle from Asia, New York: Bose Pacia, 2008, online)Winged Pilgrims was originally created for the Singapore Biennale in 2006, and has since been widely exhibited. The installation uses the moving image, with references from documentary photography, Indian, Chinese and Persian cultures interspersed with metaphorical and mythical elements. Drawing from a multitude of sources to comment on the impact of globalisation and migration, Chhachhi's work is layered and continues to have international resonance. She was the recipient of the second Prix Thun for Art and Ethics in 2017.
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CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART: A SELECTION FROM THE AMAYA COLLECTION
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Sheba Chhachhi Conference of Birds (Winged Pilgrims: A Chronicle from Asia)
2006-2007
One from a limited edition of three
EXHIBITEDSingapore Biennale, Singapore, 4 September - 12 November 2006 (another from the edition)Thermocline of Art: New Asian Wave , Karlsruhe: ZKM Center for Art & Media, 15 June - 21 October 2007 (another from the edition)Urban Manners , Milan: Hangar Biccoca, 9 October 2007 - 6 January 2008 (another from the edition)Winged Pilgrims: A Chronicle from Asia, New Delhi: Nature Morte, 24 December 2007 - 19 January 2008; New York: Bose Pacia, 13 November - 23 December 2008; Mumbai: Volte Gallery, 2012 (another from the edition)Winged Pilgrims and Other Creatures, Chicago: Walsh Gallery, 27 March - 25 April 2009 (another from the edition)
Category: Digital Art