NALINI MALANI

People Come and Go Galerie Lelong 12 October–25 November 2017 13 Rue de Téhéran, Paris

Press Release

Through this series of portraits entitled ‘People Come and Go’, Nalini Malani recalls individuals encountered in the neighbourhood of her studio, the Lohar Chawl Wholesale Market in Mumbai, between 1978 and 2002. Despite the time that has since elapsed, the memory of these figures is ever-present; the features of their faces are engraved in her memory. Her close and intense relationship with these people, who continue to come and go in her mind, can be seen in the busts or figures, who appear like fleeting figures, as if they had emerged from a dream. ‘People Come and Go’ is one element of a vast project that started with ‘Place for People’, an exhibition that was at once historic and seminal, co-organised by Nalini Malani in 1981 in Mumbai then in New Delhi.

The exhibition at the gallery coincides with the retrospective presented by the Centre Pompidou from 18 October 2017 to 8 January 2018, covering nearly five decades of her work: “The Rebellion of the Dead, Retrospective (1969 – 2018)”. The exhibition moves to the Castello di Rivoli in Turin from 27 March to 22 July 2018.

Selected Works

The Judge by Nalini Malani contemporary artwork painting

Nalini Malani The Judge, 2017 Reverse painted acrylic, ink, and enamel on acrylic sheet
40 x 30 cm
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About the Artist

Born in 1946 in Karachi. She lives and works in Bombay. With the help of female icons from mythology, both Indian (Radha, Sita) or Western (Medea, Cassandra), or fictional characters such as Alice from Lewis Carroll, she explores her personal history and the feminine condition of yesterday and today. In 2007, she was chosen by Robert Storr for the 52^nd Venice Biennale and created a series of ‘reverse paintings,’ a technique inspired by the tradition of painting the underside of glass. That same summer, the IMMA in Dublin dedicated a retrospective show and catalogue to the artist, including paintings, drawings, videos and projections. Her work has also been exhibited at the Kiran Nadar Foundation in New Delhi and at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (2017). Two major retrospectives have been organised in 2018, at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Castello di Rivoli in Turin. The MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum, the Tate Gallery and the MNAM-Centre Pompidou have recently acquired key works by Nalini Malani.

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About the Gallery

Galerie Lelong is located in Paris and New York. It was founded by Jacques Dupin, Daniel Lelong and Jean Frémon.

The Paris gallery has been exhibiting recent works from artists of international standing since 1981. The 1980s were notable for artists who went on to become household names, including Joan Miró, Antoni Tàpies, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Eduardo Chillida, Paul Rebeyrolle, Pierre Alechinsky, but also for the next generation of artists: Konrad Klapheck, Jan Dibbets, Donald Judd, Robert Ryman, Richard Serra, Jannis Kounellis, Arnulf Rainer, Nicola De Maria and Jan Voss.

In the 1990s, the gallery hosted artists who represented major movements in contemporary art: Sean Scully, Günther Förg, Andy Goldsworthy, Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Antonio Saura. The gallery also increased international recognition of the work of Ana Mendieta.

Since the turn of the century, Galerie Lelong has accentuated the geographical and expressive diversity of its artists: from sculpture and objects by Jaume Plensa, David Nash, Wolfgang Laib, Kiki Smith, Rebecca Horn, Barry Flanagan to installations by Barthélémy Toguo and Lin Tianmiao, without forgetting painting, namely David Hockney, Robert Motherwell, Kate Shepherd, Nalini Malani, Nancy Spero, Juan Uslé, Leon Kossoff.

Galerie Lelong has a large publishing department which produces and distributes engravings, lithographs, digital prints and multiple objects, and collates these works in catalogues raisonnés.

It produces monumental sculptures to order for public spaces and private clients.

The gallery is present at the leading international contemporary art fairs (Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Basel Hong Kong, Fiac Paris, Frieze London, Frieze New York, Arco Madrid, Art Brussels, Expo Chicago...).

The directors of the gallery are Jean Frémon, Daniel Lelong and Patrice Cotensin in Paris and Mary Sabbatino in New York.

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NALINI MALANI

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