LACMA Plans Bharti Kher Show
Bharti Kher, Hungry Dogs Eat Dirty Pudding , 2004. Photo by Herry Lawford LACMA is making an effort to display modern and contemporary art of the Indian subcontinent. Planned for 2027 is an exhibition of the British-born Indian artist Bharti Kher . Melding the hybrid forms of Indian folk art with Dada-esque provocation, Kher's art is widely exhibited in India and Europe, yet is hardly known in the U.S. The exhibition will be LACMA's first solo show of a living Indian artist. Bharti Kher, Black disturbance, high frequency , 2015 The small dots are stick-on bindis, a modern version of the ash dot worn on the forehead by Hindu and Jain women.
