Nilbar Güreş

• Pune, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata (IN); Colombo (LK) (travelling exhibition)
• 05.10.2024–11.05.2025

curated by Andreas Beitin, Katharina Koch und Uta Ruhkamp

How do artists act in the postcolonial, digital present from their respective situations? What emancipatory understanding underlies their art? How do they broaden the view of a feminist-oriented future?

Empowerment: Art and Feminisms is a South Asian travelling exhibition, showcasing the work of 31 feminist artists and artist collectives. It looks at inclusion at all levels and showcases the voices and rights of various gender and social minorities, especially in the context of South Asia.

Works in the multidisciplinary exhibition are presented in seven categories: Herstories & Other Narratives, Desired and Violated Bodies, Feminist Futures, Gender & Identity, Labour of Care, Planetary Challenges and Resistance & Protest. The exhibition is accompanied by an extended side programme.

The Exhibition Tour: Pune, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Colombo.

Partecipating Artists: Anetta Mona Chișa and Lucia Tkáčová, Mathilde ter Heijne, Mia Yu, Pushpamala N, Tracey Ros, Boryana Rossa, Gabrielle Goliath, Regina José Galindo, Hyphen-labs, Mithu Sen, Pacific Sisters, Shana Moulton, Yael Bartana, Nilbar Güres, Selma Selman, Zanele Muholi, Arshi Irshad Ahmadzai, Irena Jukić Pranjić, Kawita Vatanajyankur, Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Aline Motta, Nacional TROVOA, Shilpa Gupta, Tabita Rezaire, Tejal Shah, Colectivo Lastesis, Dean Hutton, Ebtisam Abdulaziz, Lerato Shadi, Newsha Tavakolian, Nadya Tolokonnikova (Pussy Riot)

Goethe Institut