INSTALLATIONS
Luckily, we were still able to enjoy some visual relief over the past year by viewing outdoor art installations. Mixed media constructions were raised across the globe, allowing viewers to get outside and enjoy art once again. The first site-responsive exhibition of its kind in Saudi Arabia, Desert X , invited 14 local artists to install their large-scale works into an ancient site in the northern desert. Including a gravity- defying swing and a futuristic monolith, the project proved extremely popular, seeing 9,000 visitors explore the interactive artworks within five weeks. In November 2020, Tate Britain commissioned Chila Kumari Singh Burman to transform the front of its iconic premises. Remember a Brave New World was an impressive neon installation combining Hindu mythology, Bollywood imagery and Chila’s personal memories. Timed to launch at the same time as Diwali, the Festival of Light, the luminous work features her family’s ice cream van, tigers, elephants and Kali, the Hindu goddess of liberation and power. Symbolising that a brighter future is to come, the piece allowed viewers a brief - and much needed - escape from reality.
Above - Winter Commission 2020: Chila Kumari Singh Burman - Remembering a Brave New World © Tate photography (Joe Humphrys) Opposite - SuperFlex One Two Three Swing! Photo by Lance Gerber, courtesy of Desert X AIUIa.
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