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Mumbai, We Stand by You
26th November 2008. We will not forget this date. On this fateful Wednesday evening, the first gun shots were fired in Colaba area (where most of the galleries are located) in Mumbai. The television channels initially reported it as some miscreants opening fire at each other in the streets. But more was in waiting. read on »
Rekha@Fifty: Om Saanti Om
On 31st October 2008, Mumbai’s Sakshi Gallery celebrated the fiftieth birthday of the internationally acclaimed artist, Rekha Rodwittiya, with a solo show titled ‘Rekha@Fifty’. JohnyML visits the show and also the party that followed the opening, and traces the milestones that made Rekha Rodwittiya a ‘fiercely independent’ woman artist of India. read on »
In craze of reality: a cross cultural poetics
‘Up close and personal’ is a shared diagram locating lives of significant figures in Contemporary Indian Art over the last four decades. The locus of this diagram is drafted through first person accounts, situations, art works, projects, events, texts, issues, people, cultures and geographies thereby trying to articulate an ‘artistic context’ that is simultaneously personal and historical. Kavita Balakrishnan, here portrays the life and artistic philosophy of the much acclaimed artist Shibu Natesan more »
Noted contemporary artist Manjunath Kamath, with his usual humour looks at the happenings in our art scene. He is a master in catching the flipside of a booming contemporary art market.
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Preksha Tater
Born in Kathmandu, Nepal, Preksha is one of the promising young artists currently working in Indian contemporary art scene. She did her BFA and MFA at the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Baroda. Preksha’s major concerns are time and space. She works with various materials and objects, both found and created and creates time-space specific installations. The impermanence of certain materials inspires her to implement them in her creative process. Some of her works are environmentally conscious. Having a great interest in art history and theories, Preksha draws clues from the historical process of art and involves herself in various disciplines in order to strengthen the philosophical back up of her works. Currently she is on a residency program at the Kanoria Art Centre, Ahmedabad.. . more »
Dilip Chobisa: Exploring the Dramatic
Baroda based Dilip Chobisa has been working between relief and installations for the last few years to establish a visual language of his own. Here is a small note on Dilip Chobisa, who is also the winner of Harmony Award 2008 more »
- Fairy Tales from a Lost Land at OED Basement, Kochi
- Video Wednesday on December 10th
- Contemporary Drawings at Art Motif, New Delhi
- Shahid Datawala at Seagull Foundation, Kolkata
- Surendran Nair at Sakshi, Mumbai
- 'The Abstract Haze Of Reality' by Khushroo Kalyanwala
- Ketaki Sheth at Bodhi and Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi
From Delhi Streets to WTC Museum
Delhi based young photography artist Vicky Roy is all set to attend a six months residency program in the US. JohnyML writes about Vicky Roy’s life as a run away kid and his metamorphosis as an accomplished photography artist.more »
A Space to Alter Alternative Practice
Bangalore’s 1Shanti Road has become a famous adda for artists, art lovers and connoisseurs who would like to see and practice art radically different from what one sees generally in the galleries. Abhiram Poduval sheds lights on the activities of this magnetic art junction. more »
Price, Process and the Practice of Reaching Out
Recently Anubhav Nath met-up with Savita Apte who was in Mumbai. Apte wears many hats. She is Director, Art Dubai, Chairperson, Abraj Art Award, Co-respondent, Venice Biennale and Co Curator for Indian Highway Show, Serpentine Gallery. more »
A World of Fantasy
Waswo X Waswo, noted American photographer has been working with the Rajasthani miniature artists and photo colourists for quite sometime. His involvement has resulted into a set of works, which is currently exhibited at Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi. Renu Ramanath catches up with the artist and takes a quick journey into his creative realm..more »
Regarding the Cone
Yashwant Deshmukh’s works embody the journey of the artist through the pristine nature of basic geometrical forms. Radhika Desai identifies the repeating form of cones in Yashwant’s works and writes about the characteristics that make his works distinct.. more »
All About Copyright Cloning
Dan and Domnique, Sydney based sisters and artists-duo recently presented their remix film ‘Pixel Pirate II- The Attach of the Astro Elvis Video Clone’ at 1Shanti Road, Bangalore. Abhiram Poduval writes about the strategies that this artists sisters use in their work to debate the issue of copyright and cloning. more »
Portraits with Counter Gaze..
Photography artist, humanist and social thinker, Samar Jodha spent four years amongst the Tai Phake community in the remote area of Phaneng in Northern Assam. The result of this was twelve great portraits of people, which are currently shown at the Arts i, Religare Arts Initiative, New Delhi. Anubhav Nath reviews the show. more »
The God of Small Things
P.Bujinga Rao, as an effort to realize his childhood dreams, goes to the world of children who are blessed with imagination but deprived of facilities. The works that resulted from this collaborative/performative act were recently exhibited at the Emami Chisel Gallery, Kolkata. Oindrilla Maity explains why it is an interesting project.. more »
An Easier Route from Pakistan to India
‘Place’ is a show of Pakistani and Indian artists at Anant Art Gallery. It is relevant not because the works in the show are making any direct comments or critique of the current Indo-Pak political scenario of terror or fighting terror, but it provides the platform where a dialogue can take place, where listening to each other is possible, where articulations can co-exist, says John Xaviers. more »
