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Nalini Malani BIOGRAPHY
Born 1946 Karachi, Pakistan. Known for: Painting and sculpture, projected animation, video, film.
Nalini Malani emerged at a time when the Indian art scene was male dominated. Amongst a new generation of women artists who wove personal narratives and histories into their practice, her early works... Read full biography
Nalini Malani emerged at a time when the Indian art scene was male dominated. Amongst a new generation of women artists who wove personal narratives and histories into their practice, her early works were cathartic autobiographies. Always attuned to global discourses which shape female identity... Read full biography
Nalini Malani emerged at a time when the Indian art scene was male dominated. Amongst a new generation of women artists who wove personal narratives and histories into their practice, her early works were cathartic autobiographies. Always attuned to global discourses which shape female identity Nalini populates her work with appropriated and reappropriated imagery while still managing to retain a singularly personal idiom, weaving together local history and social issues to communicate her... Read full biography
Nalini Malani emerged at a time when the Indian art scene was male dominated. Amongst a new generation of women artists who wove personal narratives and histories into their practice, her early works were cathartic autobiographies. Always attuned to global discourses which shape female identity Nalini populates her work with appropriated and reappropriated imagery while still managing to retain a singularly personal idiom, weaving together local history and social issues to communicate her ideas. Her work has been seen internationally in solo and group exhibitions since 1966, and by the 1980s, her acclaim was international. In 1990s she became part of India's first-generation of video artists. Her practice also encompasses multi-media... Read full biography
Nalini Malani emerged at a time when the Indian art scene was male dominated. Amongst a new generation of women artists who wove personal narratives and histories into their practice, her early works were cathartic autobiographies. Always attuned to global discourses which shape female identity Nalini populates her work with appropriated and reappropriated imagery while still managing to retain a singularly personal idiom, weaving together local history and social issues to communicate her ideas. Her work has been seen internationally in solo and group exhibitions since 1966, and by the 1980s, her acclaim was international. In 1990s she became part of India's first-generation of video artists. Her practice also encompasses multi-media installation and experimental theatre, although painting and drawing remain central. In the last decade she has had six solo museum exhibitions amongst... Read full biography
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Nalini Malani emerged at a time when the Indian art scene was male dominated. Amongst a new generation of women artists who wove personal narratives and histories into their practice, her early works were cathartic autobiographies. Always attuned to global discourses which shape female identity Nalini populates her work with appropriated and reappropriated imagery while still managing to retain a singularly personal idiom, weaving together local history and social issues to communicate her ideas. Her work has been seen internationally in solo and group exhibitions since 1966, and by the 1980s, her acclaim was international. In 1990s she became part of India's first-generation of video artists. Her practice also encompasses multi-media inChristie's, Mumbai...But wait, there's more...
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