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(Un)layering the Future Past of South Asia

(Un)layering the Future Past of South Asia

Young Artists' Voices

Salima Hashmi
,
Manmeet K. Walia
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(Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia: Young Artists’ Voices is a compelling collection of contemporary artworks by emerging South Asian artists, curated to explore the intersection of tradition and modernity. The book features dynamic voices from the region, offering new perspectives on South Asia’s rich cultural heritage and its evolving narratives. Curated by Salima Hashmi and Manmeet K. Walia, this is published in conjunction with the exhibition (Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia: Young Artists’ Voices, presented by Ravi Jain Memorial Foundation, India, supported by Dhoomimal Gallery, India and organized at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Gallery, London.

Imprint: India Penguin Enterprise

Published: Apr/2025

ISBN: 9780143475811

Length : 104 Pages

MRP : ₹1999.00

(Un)layering the Future Past of South Asia

Young Artists' Voices

Salima Hashmi
,
Manmeet K. Walia

(Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia: Young Artists’ Voices is a compelling collection of contemporary artworks by emerging South Asian artists, curated to explore the intersection of tradition and modernity. The book features dynamic voices from the region, offering new perspectives on South Asia’s rich cultural heritage and its evolving narratives. Curated by Salima Hashmi and Manmeet K. Walia, this is published in conjunction with the exhibition (Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia: Young Artists’ Voices, presented by Ravi Jain Memorial Foundation, India, supported by Dhoomimal Gallery, India and organized at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Gallery, London.

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Salima Hashmi

Salima Hashmi is an artist, curator, and contemporary art historian. She is currently emerita professor and director of the UNESCO Madanjeet Institute of South Asian Art. She has curated numerous exhibitions of contemporary art and traditional textiles both in Pakistan and abroad, including most recently a show of photography, Watan, by Graciela Magnoni in Dubai (2024), the critically acclaimed exhibition, This Night-Bitten Dawn, New Delhi (2016), and Hanging Fire, an exhibition of Pakistani Contemporary Art for Asia Society Museum, New York (2009).

Hashmi has written and published extensively. She is a council member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Hashmi is the daughter of Urdu poet, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, and chairperson of Faiz Foundation Trust.

Manmeet K. Walia

Manmeet K. Walia is a curator and writer from New Delhi, India, with an ongoing practice focusing on young South Asian voices. After practising journalism for over half-a-decade, she transitioned to working in the Arts. Walia’s curatorial projects include The Library Project, supported by the University of the Arts London (2023), Woven Expression, Chelsea Space, London (2023), and Lines (By)Lines, New Delhi (2022), amongst others.
Walia’s repertoire of public programmes includes working with the Royal Academy of Arts, London, Chelsea Space, London, Faiz Festival, Lahore, and SAPAN, Boston amongst others. She views her curatorial practice as an expressive form of art that allows her to address social issues through experiential discourse.

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