Welcome to Capital Walkers, the friendly London Ramblers group for people aged 40+. We walk every weekend and usually at least once during the week.
If the London Underground Service Strike on Thursday 7 November proceeds, I like many others will quite probably not be able to attend this exhibition as planned. I will update this if there are any changes to the proposed strike.
Join me for an evening of art at The Barbican Art Gallery.
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.
Featuring artwork by over 30 Indian artists, this major exhibition is bookended by two transformative events in India’s history: Indira Gandhi’s declaration of a state of emergency in 1975 and the Pokhran nuclear tests in 1998. The fraught period between these years was marked by social upheaval, economic collapse, and rapid urbanisation.
Within this turbulence, ordinary life continued, and artists made work that distilled historically significant episodes as well as intimate moments and shared experiences. Across a range of media, the vivid, urgent works on show – about friendship, love, desire, family, religion, violence, caste, community, protest – are deeply personal documents from a period of tremendous change.
This is the first institutional exhibition to cover these definitive years, with many works never before seen in the UK.
You must purchase your own ticket - Pay What You Can from £3 (+ booking fee).
We will meet at the entrance to the exhibition from 6.00pm and offer a pub meet-up for drinks afterwards. No need to let us know you’re coming – just turn up with your ticket to the exhibition and join us in the same way you would a walk.
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/event/the-imaginary-institution-of-india-art-1975-1998
Barbican Art Gallery - The Art Gallery is located on Level 3 and can be accessed by stairs and lifts from Level G or via the Sculpture Court if coming from outside.
