Reena Saini Kallat at Manchester Museum

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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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