पुरानेपर, ON THE OLD ONE (2023-ongoing)

Part of the exhibition Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Future.

In order to address the issue of degradation and the extraction around Behror, Rajasthan, this work utilizes non-human elements as a reference point, to generate kinship and empathy towards non-human entities.

© Ankur Yadav Ankur Yadav, based in Behror, Rajasthan, draws from various forms of literature and cultural practices to understand its intersections through the position of the artist as a researcher. Trained as a painter, he works with film, photography, and poetry on site-specific installations in public spaces to address enquiries at the nexus of socio-political factors and the Anthropocene. Most often, the responses question the oppressive and hierarchical nature of normalized perspectives on institutional/cultural violence and environmental extraction in his locality. A graduate of Fine Arts from Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan, he pursued his post-graduation at the Faculty of Visual Arts, MSU Baroda. He is a recipient of the Prince Claus Seed Award 2022, Inlaks Fine Art Award 2020, and The Emerging Artist Award Extended Support Platform by FICA & MMF 2020. He is a grantee of the Generator co-operative Art Production Fund 2021, and an awardee of the Pro Helvetia, Swiss Studio Residency at Rote Fabrik, Zurich, 2022.