aaj kal
‘aaj kal’ is the last iteration of three seminal exhibitions by Tāmaki Makarau based artists, brunelle dias, Gitanjali Bhatt, Rhea Maheshwari, Tarika Sabherwal and Tiffany Singh in collaboration with Sudi Dargipour.
Gitanjali Bhatt – video still
19.10.24
24.11.24
'aaj kal' literally translating to “today, tomorrow/ yesterday”, is a colloquial hindi and urdu phrase that might be interpreted in English as the phrase ‘these days’.
Within and through their work, these five artists are collectively guided by a sense of movement and time. They invite the viewers into their personal reflections of their connection to place, specifically to Aotearoa, reminiscences of passed-down knowledge and spiritual epiphanies.
Like an ode to having a friend over for chai, where conversations seem to have no beginning or end, aaj kal evokes the simple pleasure of being here with good company.
'whangārei with amici', 2024, brunelle dias, Photo credit Owen Spargo
'Lands of Spice and Honey', - detail Tiffany Singh, Photo credit Owen Spargo
'Amor Armour', 2024, Rhea Maheshwari, Photo credit Owen Spargo
'aaj kal' Installation view Photo credit Owen Spargo
'Blue rider and horse', 2024, Tarika Sabherwal, Photo credit Owen Spargo
'Lands of Spice and Honey', Tiffany Singh, Photo credit Owen Spargo
'duct-taped field survey', 2024, Gitanjali Bhatt Photo credit Owen Spargo
The Artists
Gitanjali Bhatt–Tāmaki Makaurau
Gitanjali Bhatt’s reobserves landscape through nonsensical videos and invented filming apparatusses to test ways to observe and re-orientate how we perceive our surroundings.
(b. 1999, London)
Rhea Maheshwari–Tāmaki Makaurau
Rhea Maheshwari’s paintings are relational tapestries that symbolise a meditative liminal space between the East and West.
(b. 1993, Mumbai)
Tarika Sabherwal–Tāmaki Makaurau
Tarika Sabherwal explores ways to narrativise personal relationships and landscapes within a South Asian mythological framework.
(b. 1995, Kolkata)
Tiffany Singh–London
Tiffany Singh’s practice explores the intersectionality of arts and subjective well-being within a social practice methodology, with research and installation focused on memory, inequality and social responsibility.
(b. 1978, Aotearoa)
Brunelle Dias–Tāmaki Makaurau
brunelle dias is interested in the intimacy between figure and ground and the interconnection between past and present.
(b. 1998, Mumbai)
Exhibition details
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