Indian Highway
Indian Highway is a groundbreaking exhibition of Indian contemporary art, an event reflecting how
the Western art market is in the process of being replaced by a global art market. In light of the remarkable
and rapid economic, social, and cultural development seen in India in recent years, Indian
Highway constitutes an important presentation of the pioneering artistic work being undertaken in
the country today.
The overall theme of the exhibition, Indian Highway, involves reflections on the road’s significance
for movement, development, and migration, the road as the crucial link between town and country.
The title also refers to technology, to the information superhighway that has made a central
contribution to India’s economic boom – and to the artistic development evident in India over the
course of recent decades. The works presented at the exhibition address
global issues such as democracy, the environment, religion, race, gender, and class.
Indian Highway presents artists who have already made an impact on the international art
scene alongside artists that are less familiar to Western audiences. The exhibition provides
insights into a vibrant generation of artists who work across established boundaries within artistic
media, spanning the range from painting, photography, and sculpture to installation, online
art, and video. HEART presents audiences with a range of new works and artists for instance
Jayashree Chakravarty, Anita Dube og Jagannath Panda as well as an ”exhibition within the
exhibition” curated by Indian artist Shilpa Gupta.
After its run in Herning, the exhibition will tour, with the range of destinations including Delhi,
India. Indian Highway is arranged in co-operation with Serpentine Gallery in London, and Astrup
Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo. The exhibition is curated by Julia Peyton-Jones, Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Gunnar B. Kvaran in collaboration with Stinna Toft from HEART.
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herning museum of contemporary art
