A grand traveling exhibition of contemporary Indian art has reached another prestigious destination. MAXXI: Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome is the latest venue for ‘Indian Highway’ showcase.
Curated by Julia Peyton-Jones, Gunnar B. Kvaran and Hans-Ulrich Obrist together with Giulia Ferracci, Assistant Curator MAXXI Arte, it has been organized in collaboration with the London-based Serpentine Gallery and Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo, Norway. This itinerant selection of works serves as the multiform panorama of the dynamic Indian art scene.
The emblematic title/ metaphor for the Asian powerhouse and its dizzying journey towards the future encapsulates the contrasting trends witnessed as part of economic boom, the technological advancement, the conflicts and the cohabitation of a millenary civilization and a developing society, experiencing a constant push & pull between tradition and modernity.
The enormous social transformation is marked by a confused identity as countryside and cities witness exponential growth. A 360° portrait of the sizzling sub-continent and its ‘miraculous’ surge is interpreted through the penetrating, acute, profound and observant eyes of 30 top artists.
Hosted for the first time at Serpentine Gallery in 2009, the vast art project has since featured at several major international institutions across the globe, now taking another stop at Maxxi. The grand finale will be conducted in New Delhi in 2013. Importantly, the exhibit program takes new form for each stage, with artworks conceived and presented specifically for that occasion.
Putting the event in context, the director of Maxxi Art, Anna Mattirolo, has mentioned: “Indian Highway at Maxxi departs from the core idea of the highway as a linking element for the huge migratory flows from the periphery to the bourgeoning city. It testifies to the Indian civilization’s growing global centrality, from a subtle artistic point of view too, mainly from the 1990s through to the present day.”
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