Ginning Justice

Guided through material engagement, their practices open new ways of reading Maharashtra's intertwined histories of labour, community, and resistance.

Artists

Kailash Khanjode (Government College of Art, Nagpur, Maharashtra), Rohit Athavale (Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai), Sachin Banne (Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai)

Medium

Sculpture, installation, textile-based forms

Venue

BMS Warehouse, Opposite Holy Cross Church Mattancherry (Kuriachante Nada)

Timings

10AM to 6PM (Mon to Sunday)

Till March 31st, 2026

About

Ginning Justice brings together three artists who uncover overlooked layers of Maharashtra's sociocultural landscape through material-driven inquiry. Working across sculpture, installation, and textile-based forms, they transform everyday materials into portals for reimagining the region's past and present.

Kailash Khanjode's sculptural practice, informed by Phule-Ambedkarite thought, revisits youth-led movements such as Nanded's Namantar Andolan (Name Change Movement), foregrounding the young figures who propelled demands for systemic change and justice.

Rohit Athavale's site-specific installations respond to the rapidly shifting facades of Mumbai's low-income housing complexes, revealing how plutocratic realtors, amid rising communal tensions, fracture the city's once syncretic neighbourhoods.

Through textile assemblages, Sachin Banne traces the trajectory of Manjarpat (Manchester cloth) from its imperial roots to its status as a powerhouse export, initiated by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, shaped by the workers who sustain it.

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