Sarindar Dhaliwal, At Badminton, 1998. Mixed media on paper, 152.5 x 122.0 cm. Collection of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston. Gift of the artist, 2005.(48-033) © Sarindar Dhaliwal
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“I work from memory, migration, aesthetics (especially colour), and above all, imagination.” —Sarindar Dhaliwal
Multidisciplinary artist Sarindar Dhaliwal was born in Punjab, India, and raised in London, England, before moving to Canada at age 15. Geographies—both physical and psychological—underscore her practice, and poetic short stories often accompany her artwork.
Canadian novelist Kerri Sakamoto writes that “Dhaliwal retrieves images from childhood … collecting the bits of self that have been fragmented and displaced across continents, cultures, and history.” While Dhaliwal confronts painful colonial narratives as well as personal and cultural traumas within her practice, her world is filled with rich colour, vivid stories, and beauty.
This concise installation follows Dhaliwal’s survey exhibition at the AGO, When I grow up I want to be a namer of paint colours. It consists of five artworks from the collections of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University and the Canada Council Art Bank.
