Not new, otherwiseBuild Hollywood2023A series of altered images that Jasleen has inherited from the mass produced to the forgotten. Among them are an iconic image of a Sikh freedom fighter, cartoonish representations of Moghuls, an early depiction of Guru Nanak and Mardana, images of protest and land repatriation in Punjab and a photograph of a late auntie.
Kaur sources images from memory of what circulated in worship and home spaces growing up, and in doing so critiques how the popularity or absence of an image shapes the stories you are given. Here, figures and histories connected to Kaur’s lineage have been taken out of their original context, or sat alongside counter-images, challenging embedded narratives and offering new ones. The act of concealing and revealing through a reassembled or cropped image is a tactic, to direct our attention or withhold information.
