{"id":731,"date":"2020-12-24T12:04:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T11:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/?p=731"},"modified":"2020-12-24T12:04:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T11:04:52","slug":"a-brave-new-world-at-tate-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/?p=731","title":{"rendered":"A Brave New World at Tate Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chila Kumari Singh Burman transforms the front of Tate Britain into a celebration of bright lights and swirling colour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This magnificent installation,<em>\u00a0remembering a brave new world,<\/em>\u00a0combines Hindu mythology, Bollywood imagery, colonial history and personal memories. Inspired by the artist\u2019s childhood visits to the Blackpool illuminations and her family\u2019s ice-cream van,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artists\/chila-kumari-singh-burman-19809\">Burman<\/a>\u00a0covers the fa\u00e7ade of Tate Britain with vinyl, bling and lights. She changes the figure of Britannia, a symbol of British imperialism, into Kali, the Hindu goddess of liberation and power. The many illuminated deities, shapes and words are joined by Lakshmibai, the Rani (queen) of Jhansi. Lakshmibai was a fierce female warrior in India\u2019s resistance to British colonial rule in the 19th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Burman-winter_commission_chila_kumari_sigh_burman_c_tate_joe_humphrys.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Burman-winter_commission_chila_kumari_sigh_burman_c_tate_joe_humphrys.jpg 840w, https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Burman-winter_commission_chila_kumari_sigh_burman_c_tate_joe_humphrys-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Burman-winter_commission_chila_kumari_sigh_burman_c_tate_joe_humphrys-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Chila Burman, Winter Commission, Tate Britain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Burman is celebrated internationally for her radical feminist practice, spanning printmaking, drawing, painting, installation and film. Her Punjabi and Liverpudlian heritage enrich her self-expressive work. Burman mashes up stereotypes to create new identities, beyond the limitations imposed on South Asian women in a British cultural context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commission opened to coincide Diwali, the Festival of Light. It is a celebration of new beginnings, the triumph of good over evil, light over darkness.\u00a0<em>remembering a brave new world<\/em>\u00a0takes inspiration from the luminous struggles and victories of the past to offer hope for a brighter future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/winter_commission_chila_kumari_sigh_burman_c_tate_joe_humphrys_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/winter_commission_chila_kumari_sigh_burman_c_tate_joe_humphrys_4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/winter_commission_chila_kumari_sigh_burman_c_tate_joe_humphrys_4-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Chila Burman, Winter Commission, Tate Britain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chila Kumari Singh Burman transforms the front of Tate Britain into a celebration of bright lights and swirling colour This magnificent installation,\u00a0remembering a brave new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,24,15,25],"tags":[112,113,114,111],"class_list":["post-731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-compassion","category-installation","category-love","tag-chila-burman","tag-london","tag-neon-lights","tag-tate-britain"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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