The new work In Search of Vanished Blood (2021/22) by moving image pioneer Nalini Malani commissioned by M+, will be on display on M+ Facade. Comprising live-action performance, animation, drawing, painting, and found footage, this silent eight-and-a-half-minute video is the third commission to be showcased on the M+ Facade. It also complements the artist’s spectacular exhibition Nalini Malani: Vision in Motion on display in The Studio at B2 Level of M+ until 4 September.
In Search of Vanished Blood will be displayed on the M+ Facade from 5 August until 2 October, from 7pm to 9.10pm daily. From 8 October to 30 October, the work will be presented from 7pm to 9.10pm during the weekends only.
About Nalini Malani
Born in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan) in 1946, Malani studied at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy School of Art in Mumbai from 1964 to 1969, during which she had a studio at the Bhulabhai Memorial Institute. In 1969, she was invited to participate in the Vision Exchange Workshop (VIEW) where she made her first stop-motion animation and a series of black-and-white films. She continued her studies in Paris from 1970 to 1972 with a scholarship from the French government, and in 2010, she received an honorary doctorate from the San Francisco Art Institute. Malani has had retrospectives at Centre Pompidou, Castello di Rivoli, and Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, as well as thirty solo presentations in museums around the world.