PritikaChowdhry'sseriesofCounterMonumentsRecallThe1947PartitionofIndia
Asocio-political,feministartist, Chicago'sPritikaChowdhry createsartinstallationsthat serveasanti-memorialsto traumaticgeopoliticalevents.
Hernewproject,PartitionandtheRadcliffeLine,depictsthebrutalPartition ofIndiain1947imposedbyBritishdecree.ItisonexhibitattheSouthAsia InstituteinChicago.
August15,2022 marksthe75th anniversaryofthe Partition. Ananti-memorialproject, PartitionofIndiaand'Radcliffe Line-CrackingIndia:TheLine thatStillBleeds'isaseriesof neonsculpturesthatsymbolize colonialindifference.
Theformalizeddivisionthat placedIndiain-betweenEast andWestPakistanintensified distrustbetweenreligious groups,leadingtochaosand severalIndo-Pakwars.
Chowdhry'sgrandparents survivedthePartitionofIndia butlostmembersoftheir extendedfamily.Shedevoted herarttoexaminingsuch traumaticgeopoliticalevents eversince.
Chowdhry'snewestprojectuses pinkneontorepresentthe genderedexperienceofthe PartitionofIndiaforMuslim, Hindu,SikhandBengaliwomen wereforcedtobear.
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