Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds
In the organizer's words:
The starting point for Shilpa Gupta's solo exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof is the monumental work TRUTH at the intersection of language, power and control. As visitors move through the oversized letters in the exhibition space, the artwork questions mechanisms that preserve or obscure truth. The sculptural installation shows how collective progress depends on protecting and questioning the truth. Complemented by other works by the artist, Gupta's exhibition at the Hamburger Bahnhof will be shown in dialog with the Joseph Beuys collection presentation. The parallel view points to similarities in the use of language, participation and social reflection. As part of the anniversary program, the exhibition highlights artistic exchange as a central theme of the Hamburger Bahnhof since the museum was founded.
Shilpa Gupta (born 1976 in Mumbai, India) lives and works in Mumbai. Gupta's multidisciplinary practice of installation, video, sculpture and performance explores the social divisions of society as well as shared histories and their socio-political consequences. Her installations often negotiate forms of conveying information and feelings through the written, spoken or sung word and how these are shared or systematically suppressed. Selected solo exhibitions: Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai (2025); Centro Botín, Santander (2024); Amant, New York (2023); MAXXI L'Aquila (2023); M HKA, Antwerp (2021); Dallas Contemporary, Dallas (2021); Barbican Centre, London (2021); Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (2010). Gupta received the Possehl Prize for International Art in 2025.
Following Naama Tsabar, Andrea Pichl and Delcy Morelos, this is the fourth exhibition of a female artist in dialog with the Joseph Beuys collection presentation in the Kleihueshalle at Hamburger Bahnhof.
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