The Devil in the Detail

Delhi-based artist Anita Dube’s oeuvre follows the corporeality of our individual and collective bodies, encapsulated in language, memory, history and mythology, by exploring the body as material and consequence, as possession and agent. Her well-regarded use of ceramic votive eyes, otherwise appearing in religious effigies, seek to resist the commodification of images and language, even or especially when accessed through social and political engagement, resulting in a kind of compassion fatigue. Featuring a series of paintings, photographs and sculptures, The Devil in the Detail leverages Dube’s art historical relationship with text as an embodiment of a contemporary pulse, inviting viewers to traverse through the over-amplification and noise of desensitized meanings in speaking truth to power with a fresh perspective, especially considering recent events in post- colonial India, which has seen a rise in resistance by different interest groups. With both artists in attendance, we will be hosting a special preview wherein Juul Kraijer and Anita Dube will be in conversation with each other, taking us through each other’s exhibitions in what promises to be an insightful and endearing dialogue about the politics and representations of the body in cultural production.