The Art of Dislocation: Conflict and Collaboration in Contemporary Art from South Asia

The Art of Dislocation examines the rise of artistic collaboration amid growing conflicts within and between nation-states—Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka—in South Asia over a thirty-year period between 1994 and 2024. Through long-term observation and close analysis of artworks in multiple media, Sonal Khullar traces the emergence of languages, spaces, and institutions of art; discusses critiques of nationalism, militarism, and globalization; and elucidates their relationship to ...