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The Sindhu Project embodies the responses of artists Mahwish Chishty and Gunjan Kumar to explorations of archaeological sites and artifacts in the expansive Sindhu (Indus) watershed, a geographical region stretching across present-day India and Pakistan. Chishty and Kumar, U.S.-based artists, are from Pakistan and India respectively. A chance meeting between them in 2015 at an exhibition that Kumar had curated Hubbard Street Lofts, Chicago led to a 7-year exploration of familial roots through parallel journeys and decoding enigmas of inhabited places across time. Chishty and Kumar, with their detail-oriented approach, bring together their research across Taxila Valley in Pakistan and Sanghol and Dholavira in India. The Sindhu Project debuted at the South Asia Institute in Chicago in July 2021, then in Pakistan at the National College of Arts’ Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Gallery in November 2021.About the curator:
The curator of The Sindhu Project, Shaleen Wadhwana, is an independent curator and arts educator. She has lectured on the relationship between history, culture, and technology across MITID Pune, NIFT Bangalore, Ashoka University, and Lady Shri Ram College Delhi. As a curator, her practice explores meta-narratives in global history and artistic responses to contemporary social issues. Recently, her exhibitions featuring emerging and established Indian and international artists have been showcased at galleries and institutions like Vadehra Art Gallery Delhi, TARQ Mumbai, and Somaiya Vidyavihar University Mumbai.
The Sindhu Project opens at the American Center News Delhi on April 14, 2022 and is available for viewing until May 14, 2022.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
American Center New Delhi, American Center, 24 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Near Barakhamba Metro Station,Delhi, India, New Delhi