Upon Passing, Mirroring, and Becoming
A reflection on interface in MAP and AAAI's latest exhibition, 'Bahurupee in the Panorama: Writing and Artwork of K.G. Subramanyan.'
How to Sniff Out a Fake? Long-Distance Trade and the Madras Handkerchief
This essay explores the history of a particular kind of handloom cloth from Madras, commonly referred to by its trade names, the Telia rumal or the Madras Handkerchief.
Interior Words: The Legacy of Studio Photography in India
A detailed history of studio photography in India, moving from the colonial to the postcolonial to the contemporary. In tracing this evolution, this essay makes the intersection of commercial interests, power relations and changing sociopolitical attitudes that have defined and redefined photography’s role in the country visibly apparent.
Understanding Adavisi Artists in the Contemporary Context
Giving viewers a sense of the context in which Bhuri Bai’s career has taken shape, this essay discusses how the art market and cultural institutions have historically engaged with indigenous art in India and the rest of the world.
Magic of Making at the Faculty of Fine Arts
Looking at K. G. Subramanyan’s contributions toward developing a pedagogical ideology for the Faculty of Fine Arts in Baroda, this essay touches upon Subramanyan’s view of the arts as...
How to Sniff Out a Fake? Long-Distance Trade and the Madras Handkerchief
This essay explores the history of a particular kind of handloom cloth from Madras, commonly referred to by its trade names, the Telia rumal or the Madras Handkerchief.
Invisibilising the Visible: The Making of the Art of Kantha in Bengal
The essay attempts to position 'kantha' as an art object and to trace the trajectory of textile artisans, whose voices and art have both been left outside the paradigm...
A Conclave Unlike Any Other
Prof B.N. Goswamy takes readers on a comprehensive visual and literary journey through the painting, A Remarkable Conclave, depicting an imaginary gathering of thinkers, saints and poets such as...
Understanding Adivasi Artists in the Contemporary Context
Giving viewers a sense of the context in which Bhuri Bai’s career has taken shape, this essay discusses how the art market and cultural institutions have historically engaged with...