Sahmat Collective

An activist and artist collective based in New Delhi and founded in 1989, the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) is known for bringing attention to various social issues in India, particularly sectarianism and censorship. In addition to being an acronym for the organisation’s name, “SAHMAT” is the Urdu and Hindi word for “in agreement,” reflecting their goal of fostering communal harmony. SAHMAT organises and participates in exhibitions, protests and talks with other artists and activists, publishes books and makes posters. The collective takes up subjects of national attention and wide public discourse, focusing on India’s secular and cosmopolitan past, the Constitution, flashpoint moments of communal violence and significant resistance movements in India’s modern history.

City

Delhi

Country

India

Region

Asia

Year of Creation

1989

Featured Project

Artists Against Communalism
From the most well-known senior artists to those who had just started making a name for themselves, all forms and schools were represented in this series of artist performances. The demonstration of the cultural plurality of their art forms by representatives of India’s finest art traditions from their own platform brought life to the slogans and statements of political speeches and lectures in history.
https://sahmat.in/111991.html

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