Untitled (There is No Border Here)
2005-2006
Installation, Variable dimensions.
Materials: Self adhesive tape
Collection: Courtesy the artist, With the generous support of Hivos and Mohile Parikh Center, Mumbai.
"Much like today’s world, the violence in Shilpa’s work trespasses frontiers. It is not contained within one nation or territory. In fact it emerges as an attitude, regardless of religious or racial differences. This may be the wrong analogy, but like the wind, birds, sunshine and Big Mac, this violence does not stop within boundaries, so what we see happening in the north of Pakistan is taking place at varying scales in Afghanistan, India and other parts of the world [...]. This altered view of the world is pointed out in the work of Shilpa Gupta, when she maps a location with adhesive tape printed with the text ‘There is no Border Here’ (2005-2007). Paradoxically, this message about the demolishing of barriers is written on a material that is often employed to barricade a certain area.”
Mirza (Q.), “The Usual Suspect”, in Ed. Adajania (N.), Shilpa Gupta, Prestel Verlag, 2009, p.123.
