Bharti Kher's "Misdemeanours"
By Katherine Tong
Target Queen (2014) is a mural installation featuring enlarged bindis on the museum
Shanghai is a historic port which first opened up to foreign trade more than 100 years ago. It is therefore fitting that the Rockbund Art Museum (RAM)—a government-affiliated museum inaugurated in the former Royal Asiatic Society building in 2010—has endeavored to showcase artists who are not of Chinese origin. “Misdemeanours” is both a major survey of Indian artist Bharti Kher’s 15-year solo practice—her first in Asia—and a series of new site-specific works that demonstrate her highly receptive nature when responding to the everyday environment.
