Jitish Kallat

Rain Study (the hour of the day of the month of the season)

Year 2018
Medium Graphite, Aquarelle pencil, and acrylic epoxy on Arches paper
Dimensions 29.7 x 21 cm

About the work

Rain Study (the hour of the day of the month of the season) is a series of drawings that resemble star fields and other astronomical imagery, created when paper momentarily exposed to rain was overlaid with a fast-drying pigment. Like many of Kallat’s works, each Rain Study appears like a document from a distant time and space, an effect increased by the enigmatic letters B.C. that denote the duration for which each piece was exposed to the open skies, measured in the number of the breath cycles of the artist.

Date and country of birth

1974, IN

Career Highlights

Art Institute of Chicago, Frist Art Museum (Nashville), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney), the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Somerset House London and a mid-career survey at National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi) in 2017. His has participated in the biennales of Venice, Gwangju and Havana, and the Fukuoka, Guangzhou, and Asia-Pacific triennials, amongst others. Amongst other curatorial projects, he was the curator and artistic director of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014.