{"id":440,"date":"2013-09-12T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/art-and-activism-in-india-since-1989-the-sahmat-collective.html"},"modified":"2014-07-28T19:53:36","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T00:53:36","slug":"art-and-activism-in-india-since-1989-the-sahmat-collective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/art-and-activism-in-india-since-1989-the-sahmat-collective.html","title":{"rendered":"Art and Activism in India since 1989: The Sahmat Collective"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XvCqrlQ_0dc\" width=\"460\" height=\"256\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>An exhibit of Indian art representing the work of the The Sahmat Collective opened this week at the <a href=\"http:\/\/global.unc.edu\/news\/ackland-art-museum-presents-the-sahmat-collective-art-and-activism-in-india-since-1989\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Ackland Art Museum at UNC-Chapel Hill<\/a>. \u00a0It\u2019s a fascinating exhibit that demonstrates that art can have a clear political purpose. That\u2019s because the Sahmat Collective protests political violence, religious fundamentalism and anti-democratic forces.<\/p>\n<div>The collective started in 1989 after the murder of a progressive political critic and artist, Safdar Hashmi. His death made him a symbol for the collective and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dukechronicle.com\/articles\/2013\/09\/12\/indian-activist-works-uncs-ackland\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to this review<\/a>,\u201dthe driving force behind its leadership in the worldwide activist art arena.\u201d\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Collective exhibit moved from Chicago to North Carolina. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/smartmuseum.uchicago.edu\/exhibitions\/the-sahmat-collective-art-and-activism-in-india-since-1989\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">The Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago<\/a>\u00a0has a good web page dedicated to the exhibit with a number of short clips about the Collective. Here\u2019s a clip abort Sahmat\u2019s beginning.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/59467265?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffc907\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exhibit of Indian art representing the work of the The Sahmat Collective opened this week at the Ackland Art Museum at UNC-Chapel Hill. \u00a0It\u2019s a fascinating exhibit that demonstrates that art can have a clear political purpose. That\u2019s because the Sahmat Collective protests political violence, religious fundamentalism and anti-democratic forces. 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