Constructing Memories of a room
Shubhalakshmi Shukla visits Gargi Raina’s solo show at the Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai and tries to capture the essence of her works, which are in many ways, a revisit to her ancestral home in Lahore. more »
Cities Under Siege
‘Urban Similes: Transforming Cities’ a show curated by Shubhalakshmi Shukla at the Project 88 has a an eclectic mix of young artists from urban centers and the show as a whole presents ‘Urban Age’ as a discursive field, says Amrita Gupta Singh. more »
An `I’ for an Eye
Rajesh Pullarwar’s recent solo show at Chatterjee and Lal Gallery, Mumbai reveals a subjective world of the artist who takes a magnifying glass for his muse. Kanchi Mehta catches up with the works and artist. more »
The Treeless Lands
Growing concerns over the depletion of environment reflects the tentative opening up to feminine values and that are present in the works of Gayatri Gamuz, says Amrita Gupta Singh after visiting the artist’s solo show at the Hacienda Gallery, Mumbai. more »
Gazing at the Gaze
Rajkumar’s solo exhibition at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai once again raises the issue of forced binaries. JohnyML says, despite all our postmodern claims we find a pornographic pleasure in excluding an artist like Rajkumar from the realm of contemporary art. more »
View from the Other End
Through poignant but quirky narratives Roy Thomas builds up a world of visuals where memorial images of the past and the immediate assume dominance. Shubhalakshmi Shukla analyses Roy’s solo show at Kitab Mahal, Mumbai, presented by Arushi Arts, Delhi. more »
An Incomplete Poetry
Oindrilla Maity visits a group show titled Surfaces and Textures’ at the Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata and finds that the artists genuinely creates poetry in their works but they remain incomplete thanks to the defects in presentation. more »
Recollections of a Lost Tribe
Philip D’mello paints the Koopari community which once used to live Virar, Mumbai. The artist reconstructs this community through certain cultural codes. Shubhalakshmi Shukla takes a look at these works. more »
Keep Drawing
Curated by Chintan Upadhyay, ‘Keep Drawing’ presented a group of artists’ revisit to the medium of paper. Shubhalakshmi Shukla finds out the reasons why this exhibition hosted by Pundole Gallery, Mumbai was exciting. more »
Mysteries of Mind
Gallery OED, Kochi recently presented a group show of four artists titled ‘Mysteries: Pictures of Mystical Visions’. Jankiraman reviews the show. more »
Of spaces and photography
Akansha Rastogi, while expressing unhappiness with the curatorial self-doubt evident in the photography show ‘The Other Side’ at the Stainless Gallery, New Delhi, reviews the exhibits and makes the following positive comments. more » |
