Sajan Mani
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Sajan Mani | |
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| Born | Sajan Mani 1982 |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, Contemporary Artist, Performance Artist |
| Known for | Contemporary Art, Performance Art |
Sajan Mani (born 1982 in Kunnoth, India) is a Berlin-based contemporary artist[1][2] and Berlin Art Prize 2021[3] winner. He has exhibited at various international venues, including the Vancouver Biennale,[4] the Kampala Art Biennale[5] the Dhaka Art Summit and the Kolkata International Art Festival,[6] on issues of various lives of marginalized people of India[7] and post-colonial Dalit lives.[8][9] He is working with drawing, performance art[10] and video installations.
Education[edit]
Sajan graduated in English Literature from Kannur University in 2004. Later, he graduated in fine arts from Karnataka State Open University in 2011. He later earned a master's degree in Spatial Strategies[11] in 2019 from Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin.
Biography[edit]
He was an editorial board member for the first edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale.[12][13][14] He Performed at the Vancouver Biennale, Kampala Art Biennale, Dhaka Art Summit, Kolkata International Performance Art Festival, Sensorium-Sunaparanta Art Festival, Goa and Musrara Mix Festival.[15] Sajan got critically acclaimed[16] for the solo exhibition 'Alphabet of Touch> <Overseas Stretched Bodies and Muted Howls for Songs' exhibited at the Nome Gallery in Berlin.[17]
Important works[edit]
- Citizen Ship Burn It Down![18][19]
- Liquidity Ar[20]
- Secular Meat[21]
- Caste-pital
- Politically Incorrect Bodies[22]
- Specters of Communism[23]
- Art will Never Die, but COW?
- Alphabet of Touch> <Over Stretched Bodies and Muted Houses for Songs[24]
Gallery[edit]
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Secular Meat Senparanta Art Center, Goa -
Secular Meat
References[edit]
- ^ "Art for the public - The Hindu". The Hindu. 2020-12-12. Archived from the original on 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ "Through his performance pieces, Sajan Mani pushes his body to its limits to relive the pain of the Dalit life - The Hindu". The Hindu. 2020-12-12. Archived from the original on 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ "Annett Gröschner erhält den Großen Kunstpreis Berlin 2021". www.adk.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- ^ "Residency Sajan Mani in the studio - Vancouver Biennale". Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ "Sajan Mani". Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ "Rabbit to chicken, earthen glasses to mirrors: all for art". Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche, The hard life of India's Dalits on display in Berlin art gallery | DW | 12.10.2020, retrieved 2020-12-13
- ^ "Dalit bodies, by Manu's law, didn't have the right to hear a text: Artist Sajan Mani". 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ Now, Right. "Sajan Mani – Tyger von otherspur – tanzschreiber". Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "Avant-Garde Aesthetes: Jagdip Jagpal's Artists To Watch Out For". 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ "People | Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin". Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ Follow, Sajan Mani. "അമൂർത്തതയുടെ അപനിർമ്മാണം അഥവാ ആരിയൽ ഹസ്സൻ" (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ Follow, Sajan Mani. "ഇത് ജനങ്ങളുടെ ബിനാലെ" (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ "മലയാളി / മനുഷ്യൻ/ രഘുനാഥ്". 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ "Creature discomfort". Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ Bhuyan, Avantika (2020-09-18). "Sajan Mani's Dalit protest art". mint. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ^ "Nome | Alphabet of Touch >< Overstretched Bodies and Muted Howls for Songs". nomegallery.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ^ "Citizen Ship Burn It Down! - Vancouver Biennale". Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ "Citizen Ship Burn It Down!". 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ "Creative energies". The Week. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ Fernando, Radhika Iyengar,Benita (2019-01-26). "India Art Fair: Shouts and murmurs". Retrieved 2020-12-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "India Art Fair: In capital form? - The Hindu". The Hindu. 2020-12-12. Archived from the original on 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ ""Specters of Communism. A Festival on the Revolutionary Century" - Announcements - e-flux". Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ "Nome | Alphabet of Touch >< Overstretched Bodies and Muted Howls for Songs". Retrieved 2020-12-12.