Paper Gardens ನೋಡಕ್ಕೆ Banni

Join us for a guided walk of the exhibition Paper Gardens: Art, Botany, and Empire in Kannada by Rajesh K from the MAP Team.

Between the 17th and 20th centuries, the Indian subcontinent was the site of extensive botanical surveys under colonial rule. Plant collection and classification were closely tied to imperial economic, medical, and political interests, and botanical illustration played a central role in this project. Bringing together a new and historically significant collection of botanical art from this period, the exhibition draws on recent scholarship to recover the often uncredited identities and histories of the Indian artists who made them.

‘Paper Gardens’ marks the continuation of a sustained, years-long collaboration between MAP and Impart — an online platform fostering greater public engagement with the art and cultural histories of South Asia.