Category: In Focus
But It Looks Like Art!
A prominent British contemporary artist gave a seminar to my small Masters’ group at Goldsmiths a few years ago. Known for his offbeat conceptualism a [...]
Imagine This
-An essay on art in the age of mechanical reproduction… imagine that. What can be said that’s new about this age- except that its already gone?
-An [...]
Rethinking Art Schools
Writing about art schools at the time when the national budget for the year 2013-14 has just been announced marks a significant moment to deliberate o [...]
Nationalist Discourse on Traditional Arts
Pahari painting—sometimes referred to as Hill painting (Pahārī, “of the hills”)—were made during 17th-19th century in the Himalayan Hill kingdoms of N [...]
The Critique of Art as Commodity
“Given two things that resemble one another to any chosen degree, but one of them a work of art and the other an ordinary object, what accounts for th [...]
How the West was Won: Pakistani Artists Take On Western Art
Some artists working now in Pakistan challenge the global art world. Theirs is a critique of the power relations that exist between the East and West [...]
National and Global
N. Rajyalakshmi, Chief Reporter of Ideal Times, Bangalore, interviews the artist Pushpamala N. about her views on internationalism.
N. Rajyalakshmi [...]
Standing, Sitting, Lying Down
Daniel Buren’s 1971 essay, The Function of the Studio, makes a series of bold declarations about the commerce and function of the creative workplace, [...]
A Strange and Sublime Address: The Artist’s Studio
Initially, the word studio was used to describe the work itself rather than the workplace. Derived from the Latin word for zeal, it connotes the passi [...]
Nancy Adajania
The Critical Importance of Pedagogy for Biennales in the Global South
Nancy Adajania
Having just co-curated the 9th Gwangju Biennale, this essay w [...]