Non-Residency

Non-Residency explores the contemporary aesthetics of the Indian diaspora. While seemingly sharing much in common, the rifts between the diaspora and the homeland can feel vast. In the context of the homeland, diasporic culture is often dismissed as diluted or derivative, a distortion of the familiar that almost feels uncanny.

 

However, in practice, the Indian diaspora is both deeply diverse and creatively vibrant. The unique cultural placement of these communities has led to tremendous aesthetic innovation.

In re-imagining the cultural influences of India and their nations of residence, diasporic visual artists resist the confines of identity and geography. Drawing on experiences ranging from immigration, exile, and indentureship, diasporic artists transform non-residency into a powerful aesthetic lens. This exhibition outlines that aesthetic through the current global landscape of artists of Indian and wider South Asian origin. Bringing these artists to Jaipur for the first time, this exhibition serves as an act of homecoming, cementing a culturally significant global cohort of artists through the Jaipur Centre for Art's unique curatorial platform.