JITISH KALLAT
Jitish Kallat has frequently marked the passage of time in his work with drawings that record natural elements, registering images from descending raindrops or reading wind-patterns with fire. Kallat has been developing a “vocabulary of studio rituals” that explore aesthetic questions mediated by nature. He has described these as “systems of self-imposed artistic constraints” that alter his intuitions and perceptions.
His most recent series of drawings titled Circadian Study (contact tracing) began as an accidental activity during a fortnight of self-isolation at his studio, after an overseas trip in March 2020. One of his daily routines was watering the plants on the studio terrace coupled with the practice of tracing contours of shadows from fallen twigs.
IN THE STUDIO
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Jitish Kallat
ABOUT JITISH KALLAT
Jitish Kallat was born in Mumbai in 1974, the city where he continues to live and work. He has exhibited widely at leading museums and institutions across the world, as well as major international biennales including the recent Venice Biennale 2019. He has had solo exhibitions at museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago, Bhau Daji Lad Museum (Mumbai), the Ian Potter Museum of Art (Melbourne), CSMVS Museum (Mumbai), the San Jose Museum of Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He also has an ongoing solo exhibition at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, which will be on view until the end of the year. In 2017, the National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi) presented a mid-career survey of his work titled Here After Here 1992–2017 curated by Catherine David. He was also the curator and artistic director of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014.
