In this issue

In our issue this time, the curator of the pavilion Roobina Karode discusses her vision and choice of artists with Meera Menezes as Atul Dodiya shares stories about his growing relationship with the Mahatma in an interview. Tasneem Zakaria Mehta walks through the Arsenale and the Giardini to carefully respond to national pavilions and individual artworks in the Special Review.

Flesh and Bone

Abhay Sardesai considers the contract between word and image in the works of eight artists.

8 mins

Reading between the Lines

Vaishnavi Ramanathan provides a brief survey of artists from Chennai who use words and scripts in their works.

7 mins

The Power Of Words

Artists use text in a variety of ways – as narrative, as social and political critique, as gibberish. Anirudh Chari reads the works of artists from Bengal.

6 mins

The Writing on the Wall

From amplifying the female voice to framing letters of appeal, Indian artists have used text inventively. Shubhalakshmi Shukla launches into a discussion.

6 mins

A BOMBAY PARSI IN DELHI AND LONDON

Gallerist and curator Mortimer Chatterjee discusses why Rustom Siodia should be considered an important presence in pre-Independence Indian art history.

5 mins

FLYING IN THE FACE OF AUTHORITY

The most persuasive curators at the annual Experimenter Hub in Kolkata believe in dismantling structures of power and prejudice, finds Chintan Girish Modi.

4 mins

RECORD OF THE CHANGING WORLD

Video art and its emerging issues: Anuj Daga visits the VAICA festival.

5 mins

How Things Still Matter

Bhrigupati Singh presides over a conversation between Martand Khosla’s 1: 2500 and Jessica Stockholder’s Stuff Matters.

7 mins

Conversations with Oneself

Dhruva Mistry’s colourful figures joyfully introspect, claims Chintan Girish Modi.

3 mins

Into the Light

Through scenes of homosocial bonhomie, tipsy merriment, languid repose, playtime and luncheons, Salman Toor presents a make-believe world of normalised and unalienated queer life, says Adwait Singh.

4 mins

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ART India is India's premier art magazine: over the last 25 years, it has been responsible for the promotion of a critical discourse around diverse art forms, activities and disciplines.

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