An ode to the art maker
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art's Hangar for the Passerby is an exhibition about artist collectives
 "An installation of photographs by Pablo Bartholomew")
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An installation of photographs by Pablo Bartholomew
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art’s Hangar for the Passerby is an exhibition about artist collectives — collaborative and participatory art practices — in India. The main protagonist of the exhibition is the transient figure of the passerby. In practice, it is impossible to create a place for the passerby, a common face that is either the most documented figure or an eluding presence, and thus is a perfect antithesis to the collective or the mass. The exhibition makes visible the process of art making and opens a discourse on art and craft in modern India. The viewer moves between shafts, cavities, inclines, time warps, expeditions and wilderness, and encounters different groups of students and artists from different times and geographies. The exhibition is divided into six vortices, each with a distinct character. At the core is ‘The Souvenir Shop’, one of the most important vortices, which is populated with the ideas, objects, people and images of/from artist peers of Group 1890