The Torn First Pages

Overview

'Imagine the formal presentation of poetry as evidence in a future war crimes tribunal. Imagine nineteen sheets of paper floating forever in the wind…' Amar Kanwar

The Torn First Pages is presented in honour of the Burmese bookshop owner Ko Than Htay who was imprisoned for ‘tearing out the first page’ of all books and journals he sold which contained the military regime’s ideological slogans. It is an ode to the thousands struggling for democracy in Burma.


April 2011

This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 10

Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery. Reproduced by Sharjah Art Foundation.
Co-commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna and Public Press, New Delhi.