Karthik Pandian "Unearth"
The Whitney Museum of American Art
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Los Angeles-based artist Karthik Pandian uses 16mm film and architectural constructions to examine the relationship between ancient and modern cultures and the ways in which contemporary societies understand and treat the monuments of societies past. Unearth grows out of Pandian’s two-year investigation into the ancient Native American city of Cahokia, the remnants of which are located outside and underneath the site of present day East St. Louis, IL.
[Image: Karthik Pandian (b. 1981), Cahokia: Stockade Wall, 2009. Digital photograph from the artist’s research archive for Unearth]
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from December 15, 2010 to March 27, 2011