‘I'm drawn to things that are hidden, like the intangible bits of history' – Jasleen Kaur | Tate

Published: 24 September 2024
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Within her work, Jasleen Kaur makes installations by gathering and remaking objects from everyday life to renegotiate tradition and agreed myths, exploring cultural memory and political belonging. While family and community are present in Kaur’s work, she is most interested in how these intimacies meet wider sociopolitical structures.

In this film Kaur reflects on her upbringing in Glasgow, where growing up in family-run hardware stores and cash and carries shaped her approach to thinking through objects and materials. She also examines histories impacted by colonialism, asking, ‘Who's doing the writing of history? Who's doing the retelling of it? Which things get remembered and which things do not?’

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