Curated by four leading galleries, On | Site returns us to the ‘corporeal’ experience of art
The last time I walked into Bikaner House was just before the lockdown was announced. I saw an exhibition featuring the works of Pooja Iranna and Natraj Sharma. Who knew it would take a whole year for me to come back?
As I walk into the yellow-lit courtyard, a large red banner reading ‘On | Site’ greets me, and I feel a mounting sense of excitement anticipation not only to see the artworks but also, hopefully, some of the art community.
It is no secret that in a post-pandemic scenario, holding physical exhibitions has been a challenge. This show which hosts four leading galleries: Vadehra Art Gallery (Delhi), Nature Morte (Delhi), Chemould Prescott Road (Mumbai) and Experimenter (Kolkata) marks a return to collaborative in-person exhibitions. Albeit with masks, hand sanitisers, and social distancing replacing air kisses with fist bumps.
On | Site, a collaborative project organised by Chemould Prescott Road, Experimenter, Nature Morte and Vadehra Art Gallery brings together some of the most crucial practices in contemporary art in the region
Galleries in a Pandemic: Exhibitions Open to the Public A peek into exhibitions at art galleries which are opening for the public.
The headlight partially fills up the dark with light, on a cold winter night – comes out the sun in the dreariness of volatility. And like a spotlight it highlights the walkers, tattlers and the veiled human race. The light then moves on to streets and halls and into crevices at dawn, lighting up slumbering quarters, confined stories and scarred corridors. As the new year brings in hope, a sense of weariness and carries on itself a past of monotony, worry and distrust, it gives way to starts and new openings. With several galleries moving to offline exhibits and shows, and slowly opening shows for public view, art takes the form of a visual antidote in a troubled world.
Rooshad Shroff, at Rooshad Shroff Gallery, Fort
For MGW 2021, architect Rooshad Shroff has teamed up with artist Tanya Goel for Obverse , a limited edition embroidered chairs. Speaking to AD India, Shroff explains, Obverse celebrates embroidered furniture and its intricate technique. Tanya s complementary artwork pays tribute to Indian craftsmanship. It was like translating a painting into embroidery form. This is Shroff s second collaboration with Goel after last year s The Gyaan Project, a charity initiative that also included contributions from BV Doshi, Atul Dodiya and Christian Louboutin. Initially launched to reinvigorate what many felt was Mumbai s fading art scene, the MGW has over the years grown vastly bigger in size and scale. Today, its major challenge is how to lure patrons back to museums after a year spent under Covid s dark shadow. Shroff says the timing is trickier still. On one hand you want footfalls and on the other, you don t want too much crowd and mainta
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How a girls’ school in Jaisalmer has brought together an architect from New York, local stoneworkers, and the opportunity for a new economic avenue
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An aerial view of the Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School in Jaisalmer
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How a girls’ school in Jaisalmer has brought together an architect from New York, local stoneworkers, and the opportunity for a new economic avenue
Rising out of the desert in Jaisalmer is an oval-shaped oasis. Even as sunlight filters through its
jalis, it blends into the dunes surrounding it, almost as if it grew out of the shifting sands. Soon it will be ringing with the voices of 400 girls ranging from kindergarten to class 10 as the Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School opens its doors.