Welcome to Art and Charlie
We are committed to exploring what lies beyond the white cube.
We started as a nomadic gallery that curated shows at different venues across Mumbai, and grew to showcase at Mumbai Gallery Weekend in 2021 alongside more-established art houses. During the pandemic, we pivoted to a fully virtual art platform, and are now a full service art gallery in Bandra, the heart of Mumbai’s creative consciousness.
We represent contemporary visual artists from South Asia whose practices add to anthropological discourses of our time.
Preview - 23rd October, Wednesday, 6pm onwards. On view till 1st December 2024
'Will Still Remain’
Curated by Rahul Kumar
Is violence always physical? World Health Organisation defines violence as, “The intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation.” It is therefore evident that violence need not be actual, it need not be inflicted on another person, and it could have mere likelihood of harm. The harm itself may well be non-physical. Seen in this broad context, the ideas of violence expand to include various indirect aspects that we normally may not be sensitive to.
On the other hand, death is essential for any life to be born or even for it to continue. Lion must kill the deer to survive, a seed must crack to germinate, and a blossoming fruit must be plucked for humans to nourish themselves with. So, is pure ‘non-violence’ even possible? Even fast-unto-death itself as an act of non-retaliating stance against the oppressors is imposing harm to self. Absence of aggression and fight is measly ‘negative peace’
Will Still Remain explores the ideas of resilience against violence. Violence itself is interpreted in its broadest sense. Practises investigate and look into strength of communities, grit of people, ever evolving nature and the spirit to resurrect against all-odds form the exhibition. It includes narratives that deduce these concepts in multitudes of ways, using wide array of artistic processes and media.
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