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Expert Panel: Curating Colonialism and Silenced Histories, 11 June 2024

Online
11 June 2024
Convened by Surya Bowyer

A poster for the seminar 'Expert Panel: Curating Colonialism and silenced histories'. The poster features named photographs of the speakers and details of the event, as described on this webpage.

Zandra Yeaman, Curator of Discomfort, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow; Sushma Jansari, Tabor Foundation Curator: South Asia, British Museum, London; and Alex Patterson, Assistant Curator of Fine Art, National Museums Liverpool (Walker Art Gallery) discussed topics linked to Peltz Gallery’s exhibition Paper Cuts: Art, Bureaucracy, & Silenced Histories in Colonial India.

Paper Cuts examined a collection of works on paper made by British colonialists in nineteenth-century India. Seen in public for the first time, the collection was placed into dialogue with contemporary artworks by Ravista Mehra and Divya Sharma. Paper Cuts critically reflected on the silencing effect of the colonial archive – and pointed toward a more equitable future.