Serendipity: Zakir Hussain Maquette

Serendipity Festival

Date and time

23 May 2025 11am - 9pm

24 May 2025 11am - 9pm

25 May 2025 11am - 9pm

26 May 2025 11am - 9pm

Location

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

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Price

Free

Booking Information

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Collage of black and white photos of tabla player Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain Maquette

The exhibition explores Dayanita Singh’s early engagement with the book as a medium, centering on Zakir Hussain, her first handmade maquette from 1986.

Featuring photographs of the renowned tabla virtuoso on stage and at home, alongside handwritten texts from interviews, the exhibition showcases enlarged pages from the facsimile edition.

By preserving Singh’s original notes and design choices, the display highlights her intuitive approach to bookmaking and its influence on her later practice.

Artist: Dayanita Singh

Serendipity Festival

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