Which Side Are You On?

Rajkamal Kahlon

ISBN 10: 3735610374 / ISBN 13: 9783735610379

Published by Kerber Verlag, DE, 2026

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In her practice, Rajkamal Kahlon recuperates drawing and painting as sights of aesthetic and political resistance. Submitting the lingering spectre of colonialism in historical and contemporary archives to a transformative process of deconstruction and intervention, the artist proposes painting as a strategy of radical care. Her sensual, humorous, formally rigorous artworks address the reclamation of humanity for racialised, gendered and indigenous communities that have been distorted, erased or maligned, thus allowing for their rehabilitation. This catalogue documents a selection of works from over 20 years of Kahlon's practice. In addition to comprehensive visual material, the publication features three new essays as well as an extensive interview with the artist.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Which Side Are You On?
• Publisher: Kerber Verlag, DE
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3735610374
• ISBN 13: 9783735610379
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 1200 grams

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Synopsis

Re-appropriating and transforming ethnographic images from the heyday of colonialism, Kahlon's paintings are a form of radical care

For the American artist Rajkamal Kahlon (born 1974), drawing and painting are a means of aesthetic and political resistance. She paints over ethnographic, stereotyped depictions, countering them with beauty, humor and sensuality. This monograph features works from over 20 years of Kahlon's artistic practice.