Collected Resonance: Shelly Bahl, Sarindar Dhaliwal, Farheen HaQ
Nicole Stanbridge
Three South Asian Canadian women artists gather and create narratives informed by the mythologies and ideologies of their Sikh, Muslim, and Punjabi heritage. Their work investigates, pays homage to and challenges their cross-cultural memories by forging new narratives that straddle Canadian, British, and Indian traditions. Their work includes sculpture, video and installation that immerse the viewer in intimate personal exchanges that are (re)articulated through interventions of the domestic in the gallery space. An essay and an interview are accompanied by numerous colour plates. Shelly Bahl has exhibited at Mattress Factory Museum, (Pittsburgh) and Queens Museum of Art (New York) and is a founding artist member of SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) in Toronto. She lives and works in New York City and Toronto. Sarindar Dhaliwal has exhibited at major Canadian public galleries, including the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. An exhibition of her work, Record Keeping, toured the United Kingdom in 2004. Born in India and raised in England, she lives and works in Toronto. Farheen HaQ works with video, performance and photo exploring cultural inscriptions of the body, gender, ritual and gesture. She has exhibited internationally, including New York, Los Angeles, Toronto and Vancouver. She lives and works in Victoria, British Columbia.
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (09/2011) 68 pp 30 col. ill. 8 x12 in softcover 978-0-88885-365-3 $19.95 Can. $24.95 U.S. (16 €)
Sarindar Dhaliwal: Record Keeping
Sunil Gupta, Richard Fung, Janice Cheddie et al
Sarindar Dhaliwal was born in India, educated in England and has an established artistic practice in Canada. This internationally produced publication presents 15 years of an œuvre born from a concern with the complex cultural background of Diasporic women who do not sit comfortably in their host societies and who question assumptions made about them. The work combines storytelling, painting and textile installations with print, media and video, resulting in lush and exotic pieces. Record Keeping was produced in collaboration with two of England's leading art organizations, the John Hansard Gallery and the Organization for the Visual Arts.
Agnes Etherinton Art Centre (2205) 48 pp 26 col. ill. 7 x 8.5 in softcover 1-899127-05-4 $23.00 (18 €)