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Erasure: The Most of it of Creation
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Private Mythology: Contemporary Art From India
Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title. As indicated in the foreword by the Japan Foundation Asia Center, many of the 32 works were made for this exhibition. The essay by Tatehata introduces each artist and their works, and includes his observation in relation to the exhibition’s theme, ‘Private Mythology,’ that is no longer a communal one in the current Indian social structure. Kapur gives an in-depth discussion about ‘isolation’, the word often used by Indian artists to define themselves. She explains the issue historically, in terms of the Indian experience of artists having to handle existential, caste, and class questions as a form of political paradox. She also brings up the global issue of subjectivity in Indian art and its possibility, referring to a more critical tendency in Indian art in the 1990s (also seen in exhibiting artists) that derives from gender and minority. Hoskote gives a post-colonial history of Indian art, from the rise of modernism to diverse contemporary Indian art. Following the plates are short writings to introduce artists’ activities, and a biography for each artist. Notes on contributors are also included.
The eight participating artists are Vivan Sundaram, Sudarshan
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Nation Building: Homage to the Homeland
I FOLLOW A GROUP of Class IX students into the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in Delhi. Outside, a bunch of tiny tots who’ve finished their tour of the museum celebrate being out of school by making hand puppets à la Husain. Inside, the teachers try to ensure that no one accidentally destroys a priceless piece of art as the bemused students stand to attention around the wooden architectural model of the Hall of Nations in Pragati Maidan. Instead of colourful canvases, there are posters with lots of text on the walls.
The sharp, young lady guiding them through their hour at the museum asks the students if they recognise any of the people in the posters. No one answers. “Have you seen any of the buildings?” she asks next. Not a peep out of the students or their teachers. She asks them to define ‘modern’. One smart alec finally says, “iPhone”. The guide sighs loudly and gives a short lesson in India’s Independence, and why there was a sudden and immediate need to provide housing for a number of people. And why architects and artists converged in Delhi to create a new face for the capital of the new nation.
They go into the next room, which is filled with bright and big canvases by MF Husain. The students are more at ease here. This is what an