New Delhi: Contemporary artist Kulpreet Singh has been awarded the Hayward Gallery/Kochi Muziris Biennale Prize and will have his first institutional solo exhibition in the UK.
Singh’s project, “Indelible Black Marks,” opens June 16 at the Hayward Gallery’s HENI Project Space and runs until August 2, co-organized by the Kochi-Muziris Biennale and supported by the TNQ Foundation.
Jitish Kallat, President of Kochi-Muziris, said: “Kulpreet Singh’s work, shown at the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale, stems from a deep engagement with the land, labor and agricultural landscapes of Punjab. Its visual and sonic power speaks to the environmental and human consequences of extraction and depletion. We are delighted that the Hayward Gallery/Kochi-Muziris Biennale Prize will support this important presentation of his work in London,” the Biennale said in a statement.
The art project features a film installation exploring the interrelationship between climate change and the agricultural crisis. Drawing on his life experience as a farmer, the artist and farmer from Patiala conducts stubble burning rituals to burn crop residues in preparation for a new farming cycle.
Accompanying an abstract five-panel painting created with fire and stubble ash, the work documents performers carrying large canvases through burning fields, reflecting ecological degradation and land development.
“Showing my work in London, and particularly at the Hayward Gallery, means a lot to me. These centers are key to global discussions about art, and showing my work there also allows me to raise questions that are not limited to one place, but resonate around the world – about land, the environment and agriculture.”
“At the heart of my work is the guiding philosophy of Sikhism, which is even more relevant today: By remembering the Divine, may people’s spirits remain high, and in accordance with your will, may all be happy,” Singh said.
The exhibition is curated by Hayward Gallery’s Roden Chief Curator Rachel Thomas and Curatorial Assistant Ananya Jain.
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