Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular was a collaborative initiative between the Sharjah Art Foundation (September – December 2022) and the Kiran Nadar Museum, New Delhi (February – May 2023). This pioneering exhibition was curated by Iftikhar Dadi, who teaches art history at Cornell University, in collaboration with Robina Karode, the director and chief curator of the Kiran Nadar Museum in New Delhi. Dadi is among the artists who, during the 1990s in Karachi, pioneered Pop approaches in contemporary art. His early work on the production of plastic toys and urban craft helped us critically understand informal artisanal practice and its intersection with new materials and technology, and the way urban poor households in Pakistan consume objects of fun and leisure. This, along with his work on TV images and poster art, introduced a new form of engagement with aesthetics and art in Pakistan.
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