Review
Showstopper INDIRA LAKSMI PRASAD Showstopper, the solo exhibition curated by Rahul Bhattacharya is a presentation of the bold practice of young artist Varnita Mahanjan. Conceptually the work of this artist explores ideas which are largely socially taboo, seamlessly juxtaposing aesthetics…
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Essentialism through realism in conversation with Shobha Broota Indira Lakshmi Prasad “Much is achieved when I live in silence. My work is a journey in search of my own self. It is the experience of space, color, expanse and movement,…
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Notes Toward Sighting/Citing/Siting Women in Hindi Cinema of the 1950s and 60s Anuradha Dingwaney Needham A commonplace understanding of mainstream Indian and other cinemas is that they are inhospitable, even hostile, to women: indeed, cinema itself is frequently seen as…
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20/20 Vision An interview with Zach Harris Rajesh Punj There is something pleasurable whilst being intuitively irresponsible about spoiling a document; of rolling a pencil over it with the intention of applying free reason as free reign. But the action…
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APPROPRIATING IDENTITY: CONTEMPORANEOUS ‘FOLK’ AND ‘TRIBAL’ VIKAS HARISH Even when photography was new in Europe, it was first introduced in Calcutta, India in the 1840s. The earlier drawings ‘Europeanised’ India, self-confessed by colonial officers, in an exotic representation of the…
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MADHUBANI ART: CAPTURING MYTHOLOGICAL TALES & SOCIO-CULTURAL REALITIES MALLIKA CHAKRAWARTI Several generations have kept Madhubani art alive. In their spare time, women of the household would immerse themselves in this art, as it provided an opportunity to break the monotony…
