TYEB MEHTA Bearing Weight FEATURED EVENTS

This conversation brings together Roobina Karode, Artistic Director and Chief Curator, KNMA, and Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi, Curator, KNMA, to reflect on the central role of the body within the artistic practices of Tyeb Mehta and Nalini Malani. Through a comparative lens, the discussion explores how both artists engage the body as a site of memory, violence, vulnerability, transformation, and resistance.

Drawing from the curatorial processes behind TYEB MEHTA Bearing Weight (with the lightness of being) at KNMA Saket and Nalini Malani’s exhibition at Magazzino delle Sale, Venice, the conversation examines how the body recurs across painting, drawing, film, and installation. It considers how personal, historical, and political realities are expressed through images and representations of the body.

The session offers audiences an opportunity to engage with the curatorial research, observations, and questions that emerged while working closely with the practices of two of the most significant figures in modern and contemporary Indian art.

About the Speakers
Roobina Karode is the Artistic Director and Chief Curator of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, a role she has held since its inception in 2010. A curator, educator, and art critic, she has led numerous landmark exhibitions and retrospectives of major modern and contemporary Indian artists. Her curatorial practice is grounded in research-driven inquiry and expanding narratives within Indian art history.

Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi is a Curator at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. His work spans curatorial research, exhibitions, and interdisciplinary projects across museums, cultural institutions, and academic spaces. He has worked closely on the development of TYEB MEHTA’s centenary exhibition and continues to engage with modern and contemporary artistic practices through research and teaching.

While you’re here, explore KNMA’s ongoing exhibition
TYEB MEHTA Bearing Weight (with the lightness of being).