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The Torn First Pages, 2004-2008, 19-channel video installation, colour, black and white, sound, dimensions variable
Co-commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna and Public Press, New Delhi. Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, Installation view, photo by Plamen Galabov -
The Torn First Pages, 2004-2008, 19-channel video installation, colour, black and white, sound, dimensions variable
Co-commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna and Public Press, New Delhi. Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, Installation view, photo by Alfredo Rubio -
The Torn First Pages, 2004-2008, 19-channel video installation, colour, black and white, sound, dimensions variable
Co-commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna and Public Press, New Delhi. Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, Installation view, photo by Alfredo Rubio -
The Torn First Pages, 2004-2008, 19-channel video installation, colour, black and white, sound, dimensions variable
Co-commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna and Public Press, New Delhi. Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, Installation view, photo by Alfredo Rubio -
The Torn First Pages, 2004-2008, 19-channel video installation, colour, black and white, sound, dimensions variable
Co-commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna and Public Press, New Delhi. Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, Installation view, photo by Alfredo Rubio -
The Torn First Pages, 2004-2008, 19-channel video installation, colour, black and white, sound, dimensions variable
Co-commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna and Public Press, New Delhi. Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, Installation view, photo by Alfredo Rubio -
The Torn First Pages, 2004-2008, 19-channel video installation, colour, black and white, sound, dimensions variable
Co-commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna and Public Press, New Delhi. Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, Installation view, photo by Alfredo Rubio -
The Torn First Pages, 2004-2008, 19-channel video installation, colour, black and white, sound, dimensions variable
Co-commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna and Public Press, New Delhi. Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, Installation view, photo by Alfredo Rubio -
The Torn First Pages, 2004-2008, 19-channel video installation, colour, black and white, sound, dimensions variable
Co-commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna and Public Press, New Delhi. Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, Installation view, photo by Alfredo Rubio
The Torn First Pages, 2004-2008, 19-channel video installation, colour, black and white, sound, dimensions variable
Co-commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna and Public Press, New Delhi. Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, Installation view, photo by Alfredo Rubio
Project Description
“Imagine the formal presentation of poetry as evidence in a future war crimes tribunal. Imagine nineteen sheets of paper floating forever in the wind…” Amar Kanwar
The Torn First Pages is presented in honour of the Burmese bookshop owner Ko Than Htay who was imprisoned for ‘tearing out the first page’ of all books and journals he sold which contained the military regime’s ideological slogans. It is an ode to the thousands struggling for democracy in Burma.
Co-commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna and Public Press, New Delhi. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery. Reproduced by Sharjah Art Foundation
April 2011
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 10
