Shumon Ahmed, What I have Forgotten Could Fill an Ocean, What is not Real Never Lived, Catalogue Essay

26 Jan Shumon Ahmed, What I have Forgotten Could Fill an Ocean, What is not Real Never Lived, Catalogue Essay

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Shumon Ahmed, What I have Forgotten Could Fill an Ocean, What is not Real Never Lived, Catalogue Essay

26 Jan Shumon Ahmed, What I have Forgotten Could Fill an Ocean, What is not Real Never Lived, Catalogue Essay

FURTHER ARTICLES

Joana Vasconcelos, Elemental, Art&Deal (New Delhi)

Sheela Gowda, Material Space, Sculpture (Washington)

Lionel Estève, God of Small Things, Art&Deal (New Delhi)

Nienke Hoogvliet, Ideas as Eco-System, DAMN (Amsterdam, Antwerp)

Cerith Wyn, Evans Event, Art&Deal (New Delhi)

Rinus Van Der Velde, Living a Lie, Art&Deal (New Delhi)

Abu Dhabi Art, The Commercial as Cultural, Art&Deal (New Delhi)

Kara Walker, Slave Romance, (COVER) DAMN (Amsterdam, Antwerp)

Publications

Joana Vasconcelos, Elemental, Art&Deal (New Delhi)

Sheela Gowda, Material Space, Sculpture (Washington)

Lionel Estève, God of Small Things, Art&Deal (New Delhi)

Nienke Hoogvliet, Ideas as Eco-System, DAMN (Amsterdam, Antwerp)

Cerith Wyn, Evans Event, Art&Deal (New Delhi)

Rinus Van Der Velde, Living a Lie, Art&Deal (New Delhi)

Abu Dhabi Art, The Commercial as Cultural, Art&Deal (New Delhi)

Kara Walker, Slave Romance, (COVER) DAMN (Amsterdam, Antwerp)

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