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A monograph on one of the most famous Indian artists of his generation Born in 1974 in Mumbai, Jitish Kallat is one of the most profound and insightful Indian artists of his generation. He uses artistic media as varied as painting, collage, sculpture, video, photography and installations to establish a philosophical and poetic dialogue between the cosmos and everyday life. Tender, concerned and ironic, his works are inspired by current Indian politics as well as by sociology, biology, astronomy and archaeology. In 2015, the video The Eternal Gradient featured 365 round Indian buns - rotis - imitating each phase of an annual moon cycle, combining the beauty of the stars with that of everyday life. In 2017, after a five-year break, he returned to painting with Palindrome/Anagram Painting, a mysterious herbarium in which oversized fossils stand alongside delicate vegetation. Time, ritual and nature also drive his latest installation: in early 2023, in front of Somerset House in London, Whorled (Here After Here After Here) unrolls 168 metres of concentric spirals made of biodegradable mesh and printed on one side, like road signs, with the names of worldwide locations threatened by rising waters or already destroyed. Jitish Kallat exhibits all over the world. He is represented by Galerie Templon in France and Belgium.

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