From Mumbai to Perth and beyond, Neha Kale considers, art, colonialism and ideas of home

From Mumbai to Perth and beyond, Neha Kale considers, art, colonialism and ideas of home

New South PublishingNeha Kale’s A Foreign Return: On Art and Inhabitation seamlessly entwines memoir with art criticism. It’s a long consideration of art, colonisation, nostalgia and the places we may call home. Review: A Foreign Return: On Art and Inhabitation – Neha Kale (New South) Kale, who was born in Mumbai and now lives in Sydney, begins this unusual book with a description of Indian artist Dayanita Singh’s photographic installation, Suit…

Neha Kale's 'A Foreign Return: On Art and Inhabitation'

Reading Time: 7 minutes  Neha Kale’s A Foreign Return: On Art and Inhabitation seamlessly entwines memoir with art criticism. It’s a long consideration of art, colonisation, nostalgia and the places we may call home. Kale, who was born in Mumbai and now lives in Sydney, begins this unusual book with a description of Indian artist Dayanita Singh’s photographic installation, Suitcase Museum. The small black and white images of domestic interiors e…