Cover story
Something is Rotten in NGMA
The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi has never failed to be the eye of a storm. There are several proposals from eminent artists and scholars to give a facelift to the NGMA. But who is there to implement them? Johny ML looks into the state of affairs at the NGMA..read on » |
Gallery
Minal Damani |
Minal Damani
Minal Damani is one of the young artists who form the famous Triumvirate of Mumbai art scene. The other two being, Prajakta Potnis and Prajakta Palav, these three artists came of age by the middle of the first decade of the twenty first century. more »
We present two works of Minal Damani » |
Spring Board
Sweta Chandra |
Sweta Chandra
Born in Hyderabad on 2nd February 1983, Sweta Chandra is a very promising artist who works with a lot of ‘used’ materials in order to keep them as, the way the artist puts it, the ‘tokens of memory’ more »
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 Offbeat
Drama in the Campus
From Brecht to Sartre, from Camus to Chugtai to Barrie Keefe, from Manto to Ariel Dorfman, Mahesh Dattani to Mastrosimone, Pirandello to Improvisaed pieces, College dramatics societies have done it all, Says Kuljeet Singh, theatre critic and lecturer in English Literature, Khalsa College, New Delhi.
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| Special - Delhi Biennale Seminar Package |
Representation and Curatorial Tyranny: Day One
Johny ML tries to grapple with the ideas thrown around in the first day of the international seminar ‘elective affinities, constitutive differences’ by the Delhi Biennale Society at the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi. more »
Clash of Civilizations
Noted cultural critic and author Rustom Bharucha, in his presentation at the ‘elective affinities, constitutive differences’ seminar talks about the notion of ‘Asia(n)’. Report »
The Suppressed Expression(ism)s of Dalits : Day 2
www.artconcerns.com correspondent catches up the proceedings of the second day of the Delhi Biennale Seminar and reports. details »
Speaking Stones
Johny ML goes through the arguments forwarded by Shivji Panicker and Santhosh.S on articulating the Dalit aesthetics, during the Delhi Biennale Society Seminar and tries to locate them in the context of ‘other English’ as proposed by H.A.Anil Kumar. more »
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Solemn Retorts…with a Smiley
Amrita Gupta Singh, an ex-student of Santiniketan responds to JohnyML’s article ‘From the Sidelines of a Seminar’ published in the previous issue of www.artconcerns.com. She says that JohnyML takes the position of a tourist and does not have a full knowledge of the internal politics of Santiniketan, where female faculties are not entertained thanks to its adherence to defunct traditionalism. more »
Women in Academies: A Problem or a Solution?
Asks Mrinal Kulkarni while tracing out the status of women faculties in the academic institutions in India. She culls out a few facts in order to emphasize that the debates on democratic equity will never take the women faculties anywhere but the concentration should be on ‘institution as a crisis’ more »
Role of Women Faculties in Art Institutions
Sameena Siddiqui, an art history student in Santiniketan goes around and visits the women art practitioners settled in Santiniketan and finds out that the opinions are divided even amongst women on the issue of having women faculties in art institutions. more »
Flowing with the River of Memories
Anuradha Nalapat, Bangalore-Kerala based painter recounts her journey as an artist. Through the rendition of a lyrical memory, she tries to capture the worlds that she has seen, felt, enjoyed and recreated in her canvases. more »
About Masturbation and Other Stories
Mrs.Manmeet, a Delhi based conceptual artist speaks of her evolution from a docile daughter of a traditional family to a free woman/artist who could kiss and strip in public whenever her concepts demanded her to do that. more » |
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Icons for the Extinct
Born in 1965, Sachin Karne had his art education from Sir.J.J.School of Arts and M.S.University, Baroda. Before launching himself as a full time artist he had his teaching stints at J.J.School of Art, NID and MSU, Baroda. Sakshi Gallery is all set for presenting his solo exhibition in Sridharani Gallery, New Delhi on 28th March 2007. Shiwani Bhardwaj visits Sachin Karne at his studio and conduct a quick interview. Excerpts» |
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Beautiful Witch Hunting
Kanchan Chander |
Noted artist Kanchan Chander was forced to resign from her teaching post at the Delhi College of Art. She fought her way through adversities but the male bastion in the college was so strong that she decided to resign. “Developing a personal teaching style was considered to be threat and I was harassed for devising such a style,” Kanchan Chander tells Mrinal Kulkarni. In this interview, Kanchan reveals her heart. Excerpts » |
| Features |
Points of Reference
Arati Desai in a catalogue essay forwarded to the forthcoming group show titled ‘Points of Reference’ curated by herself, notes that the points of concern of these artists may change in context with the work through its imagery, yet the significance of references in the initiation of a work of art remains vital. more »
Methods of Materials
In this feature, JohnyML traces the development of the collage works of the young artist T.R.Upendranath, who recently had a solo show at the Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai. more »
Lightning Girl: Anu Agarwal
Curator and performance artist, Himanshu Verma profiles the young artist Anu Agarwal and says in his characteristic style that she is a bold, sexy and cool new artist on the block! more »
Santhanaraj Honored
Thiruvannamalai based poet and writer Ananda Surya features the felicitation ceremony of the veteran painter A.P.Santhanaraj at Vamsi Books Thiruvannamalai. more »
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| Reviews |
An institutionally devised anachronism
Kavitha Balakrishnan, artist and art critic based in Kerala, in this exquisite piece of critique dismantles the curatorial myths built around the topic of ‘Women Artists in Kerala’ more »
State of Brutal Metaphors
Rahul Bhattacharya, in this brilliant analysis brings out the intricate layers of Atul Bhalla’s exhibition project on ‘water’ currently on at the Anant Art Centre, Noida, U.P. Rahul says that Atul Bhalla, through his skillful manipulation of metaphors brings forth nature as a public domain of debate and engagement. more » |
| Other Columns |
Mumbai Sketchbook - Abhijit Tamhane »
Baroda Sketchbook - Shiwani Bhardwaj »
Version True - Uma Nair »
Gulf Art Fair - Hottest Art Fair
Curating becomes a farce:
What is an art fair? It is not an exhibition of art assembled for viewing pleasure, like a show in a museum. It is only marginally similar to an exhibition in a commercial gallery. There is no curatorial hand, no theme, no overriding conceit beyond commerce. An art fair is the same as an electronics expo - a trade show that displays goods for sale. more » |
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