Category: In Focus
The First Layer?
Robert Rauschenberg, famous American artist once described titles as the last layer of painting; likewise, the book covers are the first layers of a p [...]
Now You See Now You Don’t
Literature has come a long way. Beginning with the epics and myths narrated to a gathering of people (in an attempt to ward off the fear of night – an [...]
Dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s
Artists, by popular definition, are loose cannons, black sheep, oddly shaped parts incompatible with the snug geometry of society. An artist is the em [...]
The Individual Artist: Carving-Out Oneself
A priori, if a man
is really interested in himself
he must formulate his answer to the question
am I a vessel
a funnel
a fountain
or [...]
After a Revolution: Authenticity and Art in Pakistan
Like many deeply conservative entities, Pakistan these days is full of talk of revolution. The immediate circumstance is the (alleged) exposure of the [...]
After a Revolution: Authenticity and Art in Pakistan
Like many deeply conservative entities, Pakistan these days is full of talk of revolution. The immediate circumstance is the (alleged) expos [...]
On the Political Potential of Art
The intersection of art and political change is a contested territory. A simplified historical trajectory of art tells us that it became occ [...]
Contemporaries in the Corridors: Some Preliminary Thoughts…
Held across the Asia Society, the Grey Art Gallery and the Queens Museum in New York in 1996 the landmark exhibition ‘Contemporary Art in Asia:
&nb [...]
NOTES ON CURATING: THE CURATOR AS MEDIATOR
The meaning of the word ‘curator’ – and thus the role assigned to the individual – has undergone massive shifts in understanding over the last several [...]
Copy It Right
Instead of understanding what copyrights are, let’s look at it from a different perspective: It comes with no surprise that it is illegal to replicat [...]