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Krispin Joseph PX What is the most unique artefact we got from the great Indus Valley Civilization? Many things have been excavated from Harappa and Mohenjo Daro, and most of the artefacts are monuments of our grand civilisation and history. Dancing Girl is a unique artefact from the Indus Valley, though the feminine element of […]
Krispin Joseph PX Most entries here (in ‘Art is Life’, a book by Jerry Saltz) are hosannas for established luminaries and tributes to late, great legends. Saltz sings the praises of Kara Walker and Robert Gober; he mourns the losses of Chris Burden and Louise Bourgeois; he celebrates the lives of Dorothea Tanning and Beauford
Famous Art Critic Jerry Saltz’s Ideas of Art You Should Know About Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX Poet Rabindranath Tagore founded Visva Bharati after long travels into different countries’ diverse topography and knowledge systems. Tagore understands the learning system of the West, and he blended it with Eastern ideas, an Indian style of ‘seat of learning’. This institute is considered a visible body of the Tagorian vision of life,
Visva Bharati: Tagorian Aesthetics of Society and Culture Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX The impact of Rabindranath Tagore on Indian Art and culture is a research question that needs to be answered precisely. Modern Indian art- culture, and social movements are inevitably framed by Tagorian ideas of Modernity and social life. As a poet, Tagore brings the whole of India in a stance of his
How Tagore Brings Modernity to Indian Art? Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX No one can tell the meaning of the colour black quickly. Black is a colour or the mindset or conditions that some people encounter and face in daily life. Grey or black colour may be the reason for exclusion from the elite space, and that makes sense in some spaces. ‘Who are
Why ‘Black’ and what’s the meaning? Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX How can a piece of stone tell about a country or some loaves of bread about the people? Bread made out of rocks from the river flowing through western Ukraine can never be eaten, which became an anecdote for the people enduring a war. Ukrainian-based artist Zhanna Kadyrova’s ‘Palianytsia’ brings the symbolical
War-shaped ‘Stone bread’ from Ukraine Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX Why did rulers build massive structures? Political leaders and rulers are fond of giant skeletons. They create this in the form of a statue or Central Vista project. Are the world’s tallest statue and most extensive administration buildings immensely manipulative? Political leaders know the power of the ‘largest structures’ and what impact
Political Tyranny of a Soulless city Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX How do you spend your time during the Pandemic? Reading, writing, watching, practising art, music, dancing, learning something, or doing some cooking? What do you think about yourself and the world? Where did you reach, and did you find out anything interesting? What do you think about art practice in pandemic situations?
Almanac of a lost year in the form of a visual diary at Kochi Muziris Biennale Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX Why books, and what are they doing at the Kochi Muziris Biennale? If Biennale spaces are considered for the artworks in different mediums, then why are books considered, and how do they manage their role in art exhibitions? These questions are echoed in Biennale space; before addressing the subject, we must address
Are books Artwork or not? Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX Are you a firm believer in binary? As human nature, we understand many things in binary oppositions. Binary opposition starts from ‘male/female and goes to good/bad, black/white and so on. The structural theory brings the binary opposition into the humanities discussion table. Many forerunners in this theory and Saucer to Levi Strauss
Critique of Jitish Kallat’s ‘Covering Letter’ Read More »