Let no one mistake us for the fruit of Violence

About the exhibition:

Expressions from five artists reflect on prevailing and isolated representations of men, while celebrating gender affinities through collectivity, home, family, and intimacy. The art works focus on gender constructions and patriarchal forms of aggression on bodies more vulnerable.

“All this time I told myself we were born from war — but I was wrong, Ma. We were born from beauty. Let no one mistake us for the fruit of violence—but rather, that violence, having passed through the fruit, failed to spoil it”, Ocean Vuong writes to his mother, in his novel ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’. There might be a story about us, an expectation to perform, but it is upon us to re-narrate it, to heal and then present ourselves. 

Artists: Tsohil Bhatia, Renuka Rajiv, Sandip Kuriakose, Ashfika Rahman and Javed Sultan.

The exhibition includes drawings, photographs and video art.

About the Curator:

Party Office, founded by artist-curator Vidisha-Fadescha, is an anti-caste, antiracist, trans* feminist and antifa art and social space located at New Delhi, as well as other satellite locations. It is building dialogues on intersectionality and the commons through public gatherings, grants, publications, installations, and more. In 2022, Party Office b2b Fadescha will be presenting at ‘documenta fifteen’ at Kassel, Germany.

This exhibition is part of the larger two-year project titled M3 - Man, Masculine, Masculinity initiated by Goethe-Institut Chennai and co-conceptualized and co-ideated by Goethe-Institut New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune and Bangladesh.

OPEN TO ALL

COVID protocols will be maintained, we request you to wear masks. Official ID and your final vaccination certificate (digital or otherwise) will be checked at the entrance to ensure everyone's safety.