ENQUIRE “In the village where I lived, there was no electricity, dark nights became pitch black. The darkness became solid… In the village, any light burning becomes magical.” Avtarjeet Dhanjal At Frieze Masters 2025, Grosvenor Gallery will present a solo exhibition of work by the British-Indian sculptor and multimedia artist Avtarjeet Dhanjal (1940-2025). Alongside examples of his kinetic aluminium sculptures of the 1970s, we will be showing Dhanjal’s slate and fire sculptures that were exhibited in the seminal 1989 exhibition The Other Story: Afro-Asian Artists in post-war Britain, curated by Rasheed Araeen, staged to challenge the Eurocentric narrative of modernism and post-war British art by highlighting the works of suppressed African, Asian, and Caribbean artists living in Britain. “You could say that these sculptures are abstracted constellations in the night sky, but they are equally mandalas, pictograms or maps of the universe of the gods.” Brian MacAvera, 1997 Avtarjeet Dhanjal, Valley Lights (1984-85) BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST "My work is very much nearer to nature and has life like a tree or plant. My pieces respond to atmosphere like natural vegetation ... They grow under the sun, breathe open air, swing like trees and vibrate like leaves." Avtarjeet Dhanjal, aluminium sculptures (1974) ENQUIRE Read this email online | Unsubscribe | Update your preferences | Our privacy policy Grosvenor Gallery, 35 Bury Street, London, SW1Y 6AY
