LATITUDE 28’s New 3-Person Exhibition
LATITUDE 28 is set to present its new 3-person exhibition; the last of 2024. Retrospective Analysis of Memory, Figment, and Nostalgia delving into the intricate interplay between memory and identity and the experiential nature of existence. The show will showcase the nuanced perspectives of Ekta Singha, Madhav Vyas, and Mansoor N. Mansoori. You may catch the show from 18 December 2024 to 18 January 2025.
A Retrospective Analysis of Memory, Figment, and Nostalgia?
Through this exhibition, the trio interrogates how memories shape individual and collective conceptions of self. Their cumulative works explore memory’s fluid, fragmented, and often elusive qualities, challenging the linear perception of time and inviting viewers to consider how past experiences, emotional resonances, and perception continually shape the present.
As a viewer, you are fixated on re-examining the nature of memory and the complex emotional relationship we share with them. The result is LATITUDE 28’s exhibition which goes beyond mere recollection to contemplate the ways that individual and collective memories come together and shape perception. Using mixed media, painting, and photographs, Ekta Singha, Madhav Vyas, and Mansoor N. Mansoori explore the mutability of time, past distortion, and nostalgia’s function in identity construction.
Ekta Singha’s Paintings at the Newest Exhibition
Ekta Singha’s practice investigates memory as a determinant of both personal and collective histories. Using mixed media, she dissolves the boundaries between past and present, creating works that blur temporal distinctions. Her artwork in Retrospective Analysis of Memory, Figment, and Nostalgia evokes nostalgia while highlighting the emotional weight of memories, which may be fleeting, distorted, or fragmented.
She explores the recreation of memory encourages reflection on how these processes shape individual identity and our engagement with cultural heritage, offering profound commentary on the tenuous nature of remembering and its implications for the self.
What Madhav Vyas Brings to LATITUDE 28’s Show
Artist Madhav Vyas examines nostalgia via the delicate relationship between time and space. Employing painting and photography, Vyas crafts vivid impressions of visual terrains that evoke sensations of suspended moments—memories sensed but not fully recalled. His works engage with the collective processes of remembering, forgetting, and archiving, portraying memory as dynamic and mutable. Vyas’s approach underscores how our past is continuously constructed and reconstructed, imbued with emotional significance that shapes both personal and shared histories.
Mansoor N. Mansoori’s Contribution to the 3-Person Show
Mansoor N. Mansoori’s practice interrogates the reliability of memory, particularly its susceptibility to distortion, erosion, and transformation over time. Employing a blend of digital and sculptural media, Mansoori captures the tension between real and imagined. His works probe the psychological landscapes shaped by memory, exploring its transient and mutable character through technological manipulation. Mansoori’s art underscores the fragility of remembrance and its influence on individual and collective identity, inviting contemplation of the forms through which we experience and preserve memory.
A Cumulation of Memory Identity!
Collectively, the works of Singha, Vyas, and Mansoori in the Retrospective Analysis of Memory, Figment, and Nostalgia illuminate the multifaceted nature of memory and nostalgia, revealing how vivid or elusive recollections inform our understanding of self and culture. They inquire about the mechanisms through which the past is remembered, forgotten, and reimagined. This LATITUDE 28 exhibition offers a meditative space for viewers to engage with the complexities of memory, its fragmentation, and its enduring impact on personal and communal identity.
About LATITUDE 28
Since 2010, LATITUDE 28 has probed into a gallery practice that is lateral, disruptive and avant-garde. The gallery focuses on experimentation with medium and material fostering critical dialogue, perspective and practices by writers, critics and researchers alike. Their ideas have been generated through innovative curatorial projects located on the cusp of art history and socio-political context through site-specific artworks and artist talks.
LATITUDE 28’s vision is shaped by its Founder/Director, Bhavna Kakar, who is also the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of TAKE on Art – South Asia’s leading contemporary art publication.
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