Reena Saini Kallat at Manchester Museum

Name: Reena Saini Kallat at Manchester Museum
Start: 2017-09-30T10:00:00
End: 2018-02-25T17:00:00
Location: Manchester Museum

Creative Tourist Posted 16 October 2017

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Reena Saini Kallat

Manchester Museum, Manchester

30 September 2017-25 February 2018

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Acclaimed artist Reena Saini Kallat has delved into Manchester Museum’s natural science and human culture collections for her solo exhibition. Her newly-commissioned sculpture Chorus will be seen alongside works that include a series of hybridised animals that represent various nations in conflict. A thought-provoking exhibition that animates the museum with new meanings and inquiries into ideas of identity, memory, history and the natural world. Part of New North & South: South Asia art and culture programme 2017-18.

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