TAKE Features
Review
A Bridge is built from Two Sides: Far Reaching Earth, Far Extending Sky, Spread like a Mat, Covered like a Bowl
In a conversation between Korram and Rahee Punyashloka, the curator of exhibition, the former remarks that guns, whether toys or weapons in the hands of guards, are part of daily life in Bastar. During elections, festivals and other such large gatherings, the presence of armed personnel is naturalised under the name of security. The effect is to position violence not at the periphery but at the centre of experience, where it becomes impossible to separate civic, ritual or recreational activities from the shadow of militarisation. In particular, these sculptures highlight the speed of modern forms of violence and deforestation, such as automatic weapons, heavy machinery for logging and armed jeeps used by hunters.
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Interview
Kristine Michael Reflects on the Legacy of Vimoo Sanghvi
We are trying to both celebrate Vimoo’s life and works as well as bring her into the spotlight once again in the history of modern art in India, which often overlooks clay as a medium of expression and lesser-known artists. Much more work needs to be done in the project, for example, in both her teachers’ archives Ronald Cooper of the Willingdon Art School and Marianne de Trey’s archives in the UK. She did exhibit at the Commonwealth Artists Exhibition at the V&A Museum as well in the 70s.
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