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Published on February 2, 2023 - 08:31 GMT

Online Partition Museum, a virtual museum of art, raises awareness about the many Partitions of the Indian subcontinent

The Online Partition Museum, a virtual museum of art raises awareness about the Partitions of the Indian subcontinent through innovative visual art exhibitions. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, February 2, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Counter-Memory …

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Published on February 2, 2023 - 08:19 GMT

The Online Partition Museum announces its first virtual art exhibition, "Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories"

Pritika Chowdhry's solo retrospective, "Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories," re-opens at the Online Partition Museum as a virtual art exhibition. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, February 2, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Online …

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Published on January 25, 2023 - 07:45 GMT

Exhibit Complicates History on the 51st Anniversary of the Bangladesh Liberation War

The Partition Anti-Memorial Project Raises Consciousness about Rape as a Weapon in Bangladesh Liberation War CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, January 25, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The world recently celebrated the 51st Anniversary of the end of the 1971 …

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Published on January 25, 2023 - 00:43 GMT

ARTIST PRITIKA CHOWDHRY IS SHOWING AT THE WEISMAN ART MUSEUM

Pritika Chowdhry’s large-scale installation, “Silent Waters: The Uncounted,” is being presented in the “Ebb/Flow” exhibition at the Weisman Art Museum. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, January 24, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- “Ebb/Flow,” the current exhibition …

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Published on December 17, 2022 - 20:52 GMT

Artistic Homage Commemorates Nirbhaya on 10th Anniversary as a Superheroine, on Nirbhaya Diwas

Pritika Chowdhry's art project commemorates Nirbhaya as a superheroine on Nirbhaya Diwas, with the superpower to eradicate rape and sexual violence. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, December 17, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- US-based Indian artist, Pritika …

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Published on December 17, 2022 - 09:55 GMT

Artistic Homage Commemorates Nirbhaya on 10th Anniversary as a Superheroine, on Nirbhaya Diwas

Pritika Chowdhry's art project commemorates Nirbhaya as a superheroine on Nirbhaya Diwas, with the superpower to eradicate rape and sexual violence. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, December 17, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- US-based Indian artist, Pritika …

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Published on August 10, 2022 - 06:54 GMT

"Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories" art Exhibition Commemorates 75th Anniversary of Partition of India

Pritika Chowdhry memorializes the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan through art installations that educate and evoke empathetic responses in viewers. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, August 10, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- 15th August 2022 marks the 75th …

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Published on May 10, 2022 - 16:20 GMT

Two Exhibitions Expose the Historical Use of Rape as a Weapon of War Amidst Russia’s Attack on Ukraine

Pritika Chowdhry's Partition Anti-Memorial Project Showcases Rape as a Weapon of War as disturbing reports of sexual violence emerge from Ukraine CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES, May 10, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- This Spring, socio-political …

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Published on April 13, 2022 - 06:31 GMT

Artist Connects Revolutionaries on the Anniversaries of Jallawallian Bagh Massacre and Ireland’s Partition

Pritika Chowdhry highlights the alliance between Ireland and India through a text she discovered while researching the installation "An Archive of 1919." USA, April 13, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- In 2008, I visited the Jallawallian Bagh …

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Published on March 30, 2022 - 06:47 GMT

The Deeply Rooted art exhibition presented by Woman Made Gallery, Juried by Sundus Abdul Hadi

“The deeply rooted” features artworks that center ancient culture steeped in traditional and Indigenous knowledge that colonization attempted to erase. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA, March 30, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Deeply Rooted is a group exhibition …

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Published on March 29, 2022 - 20:42 GMT

Pritika Chowdhry's Work About the Partition Highlighted in Online Solo Show

Pritika Chowdhry's "Broken Column: The Monuments of Forgetting" has been selected for a solo show at the Art Show International gallery. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES, March 29, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Pritika Chowdhry's " …

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Published on February 25, 2022 - 07:46 GMT

Pritika Chowdhry’s anti-memorial commemorates the 20th Anniversary of the Gujarat Pogrom

"Memory Leaks: Spectres of Partition" is an anti-memorial to the Gujarat Pogrom of 2002 in the form of a sculptural art installation by artist Pritika Chowdhry. CHICAGO, IL, USA, February 25, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The installation Memory …

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Published on February 7, 2022 - 17:51 GMT

In Two Exhibitions Chicago-based Artist Pritika Chowdhry Sheds Light on Hidden Female Historiography of Indian Partition

On its 75th anniversary, socio-political artist Pritika Chowdhry creates large-scale installations bearing witness to the turbulent event. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA, February 7, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- “Word of Mouth” January 15 – February 12, 2022 …

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Published on December 16, 2021 - 08:09 GMT

Exhibit Complicates History on the 50th Anniversary of the Bangladesh Liberation War

The Partition Memorial Project Raises Consciousness about Rape as a Weapon of War CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES, December 16, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Today is The 50th Anniversary of the end of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, which started on …

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Published on December 14, 2021 - 10:46 GMT

Feminist artist reimagines Nirbhaya as a superheroine

Pritika Chowdhry launches a new art project that reimagines Nirbhaya as a superheroine character, who has the superpower to eradicate rape and sexual violence. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, December 14, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- 9 years ago, a 23-year …

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Published on November 13, 2021 - 15:46 GMT

13/11: The 9/11 of Paris

Today marks the 6th anniversary of the 13th November, 2015 Paris attacks that took 130 lives and injured 416. “France has had it’s 9/11," declared the media CHICAGO, IL, USA, November 13, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Today marks the 6th anniversary …

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Published on November 1, 2021 - 08:35 GMT

Artist creates anti-memorial to Domestic Violence, the Shadow Pandemic

With Domestic Violence being called the "shadow pandemic" by UN Women, artist, Pritika Chowdhry creates anti-memorial to Domestic Violence, the Shadow Pandemic. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES, November 1, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The …

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Published on October 31, 2021 - 09:10 GMT

Leading artist and socio-political activist, Pritika Chowdhry creates an anti-memorial for the anti-Sikh riots of 1984

“Memory Leaks” anti-memorial by artist Pritika Chowdhry pays homage to the innocent lives lost and ruined in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA, October 31, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Communal riots have been a brutal reality in …

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