Part of the grand opening display at M+, “Nalini Malani: Vision in Motion” is the inaugural presentation in The Studio, one of the museum’s signature venues.
From now until 31 July, M+ is presenting “Nalini Malani: Vision in Motion”, an inaugural presentation in The Studio, one of the museum’s signature venues located at the B2 level, as part of the museum’s grand opening display.
Nalini Malani, the Mumbai-based pioneer of experimental film and video, transforms the vast subterranean space in the M+ building with the installations of large-scale, immersive moving image work that reflect the breadth and depth of her 5-decade career.
Bringing together 4 major artworks – Utopia (1969–1976), Remembering Mad Meg (2007–2019), and Can You Hear Me (2018–2020) – the exhibition showcases the evolution of the artist’s practice over the past fifty years as she embraced new technologies and ways of working. The exhibition highlights the artist’s distinctive methods of storytelling, which have the power to transcend the traumas of national divisions and address collective issues of social injustice.
Nalini Malani is one of the most prolific cross-disciplinary artists working today. She is internationally renowned for her reverse paintings and immersive multimedia installations which often combine personal narrative with motifs from folklore, classical literature, and mythology to reflect on the collective trauma of the disenfranchised. Her animations and installations, as well as her paintings and performances, feature imagery that feels both personal and universal.
