Art fair: SOUTH SOUTH VEZA 02: Physical presentation at SP—Arte, Brazil

Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, is pleased to participate in the second edition of SOUTH SOUTH VEZA, with a presentation of Nalini Malani's single channel video play In Search of Vanished Blood (2012). In addition, the work is on view in a physical showcase at SP—Arte, the leading international art fair in São Paulo, from 6-10 April 2022.

Nalini Malani's work is inspired by a text from Christa Wolf’s 1983 novel Cassandra. In the video play, the story concerns a declining world in which Cassandra offers a way out if only we would listen and learn from the cruelties that have taken place in the past and to create a more humane situation. The video play is interrupted by an account of a woman who is brutally raped. ⁠

In Search of Vanished Blood extends Malani’s exploration of violence, the regenerative power of myth, the feminine voice, and the geo-politics of national identity. While referencing the place of women in Indian society, this work weaves together content from across cultures and time to other contexts and conditions in its interrogation of issues relating to justice, gender and their representation, by including literary texts, mythology and accounts of historical events. ⁠

SOUTH SOUTH VEZA 02: Physical presentation at SP—Arte, Brazil

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