Poised at two ends of the same spectrum Ganesh Haloi and Jogen Chowdhury tend to negotiate memory in remarkably individual ways, where a sense of optimism and renewal of life glow as radiantly as the underlying passages of pain and pathos.
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In the recent works of Manisha Gera Baswani, repair and tending are transformative acts with complex contours, reminding us that healing and growing are interlaced with pain and grief, and that the fabric of life is studded with harvest and hibernation.
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The TAKE Memory is an endeavour to expand the many meanings entailed in the discipline of memory. The issue emerges from this context to identify the ground of inclusive perspective on the lived experiences by extending critical inquiry on the constellation of photo-archives, monuments, memorials, visual culture and digital technology.
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The cosmopolitan charm of the city never loses sight of its glorious past. When architectural space is conducive to viewing and understanding arts within a historical context, the imaginative and observational powers are heightened to complement each other and allow the viewers to contemplate what they have witnessed.
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The fifth edition of Delhi Contemporary Art Week (DCAW) 2022—held at the sprawling Bikaner House, New Delhi—pushes the discussions around art and economy with a spectrum of young contemporary artists.
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With their sombre palette, haunting quality, texture-laden dense hues still glimmering with hints of hope, Indrapramit Roy’s recent works of his solo show ‘Soliloquy’ at Threshold Art Gallery are an eyeful for all of us, emerging from the shadows of the Corona Pandemic.
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‘Epigraphica Indica’ pulls the viewer inward, and is a powerful reminder of the complexities of culture, identity, and belonging – and everything we take for granted in this contemporary, virtually driven world.
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Khimji’s work animates a gaze on the body that conforms to, and in tandem, deviates from reductive tropes. Through an exercise in de-sexualisation, the female nude is stripped of its historical weight as the artistic ideal, and re-examined as a body in transit—a revelatory, yet equally opaque script of desires.
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At once personal and political, Saraf creates islands and clusters around her works, while speaking up about issues that currently dominate our newspapers, and are in circulation all around us. Literature and criticism is also drawn in, sometimes through quotes accompanying artworks and at other times as references.
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Despite some exceptions, the show has appeared as the inner urge of a community to be close to the people next door. Subsequently, this perspective of the post-covid art world becomes a hallmark by looking at their foundation and soil. The concept of home itself can be seen as an essential visual metaphor of many works.
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