Reena Saini Kallat Indian, b. 1973
Saline Notations (Echoes), 2015
Digital prints on Hahnemuhle Photorag archival paper + Dibond
42 x 29 inches (each)
106.7 x 73.7 cm
42 x 174 inches (complete set)
Set of 6
106.7 x 73.7 cm
42 x 174 inches (complete set)
Set of 6
Edition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof
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Inscribed in salt, Saline Notations (Echoes) reflect on memory and all that is lost in the gulf between two minds—between what is said and heard, what is meant and remembered....
Inscribed in salt, Saline Notations (Echoes) reflect on memory and all that is lost in the gulf between two minds—between what is said and heard, what is meant and remembered. Placed on a beach front, the texts disperse slowly by the wind, the rising tide and the movement of those passing by. Salt is a substance essential to life and sustenance. As it dissolves and returns to the sea, it evokes the frailty of human life and the shifting nature of our memories. The horizon line, an imaginary, ever-changing crossing between the earth and the sky, forms a backdrop to the work. In Saline Notations and other works, the artist turns often to the expansive time of nature, marked by the sun, the moon, and the rising and receding of tides. She surrenders the process of creation to natural elements, in a way incorporating them into her works as invisible, unpredictable collaborators.
Exhibitions
2017 Earth Families, Manchester Museum | 2017 I don’t want to be there when it happens, curated by Eugenio Viola Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia | 2017 Borders: Us and Them, curated by Qian Lin, NYU Shanghai Art Gallery, China | 2017 Make a Change, curated by Torun Ekstrand, Norrtalje Museum + Konsthall, Sweden | 2016 Make a Change, curated by Torun Ekstrand, Cultural Ronneby, Sweden | 2015 Porous Passages, Nature Morte, New Delhi | 2015 Hyphenated Lives, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai