been lazy-- writing this from a month.
new year finished, art summit finished and now jan 2011 will finish
anyways 2011 when we have the first Skoda girl --i have been thinking of giving away few awards in Archanadevis name. atleast let me nominate few likings and dis-likings.
2011 started very well with the show -- ‘Against All Odds: A Contemporary Response to the Historiography of Archiving Collecting and Museums In India’
Cuarted by: Arshiya Lokhandwala, Venue: Lalit Kala Akademi, Lalit Kala Akademi, National Academy of Art, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Sponsoring this show.
-- after a long time saw a well curated show. all the projects just looked perfect. well displayed and well selected works. the most interesting thing was the concept -- the right concept at the right time.
giving arshiya the full credit --as had to work with the bureaucratic institution and make this kind of show possible.
I have been thinking, if i can concentrate just on visual arts...... then last year has been quite interesting, because I entered into a different role. I did get a new identity --maybe promotion, with no UGC scale salary nor a critic fee or a catalog writers fee. Catalog writing is paid per word, so it is best to higher somebody to type, as i can give a speech for many hours.
is it true there where better films made than VA?
lot of my friends are not liking being in a lists or a rating so i decide to make many kinds of list.
lists or rating of what i have seen, i remember, i liked, i hated, i reacted........
Indian artist shows ----- what i remember and liked:
# 1. Nalinis retro in Lassune, (full show), To see an artists 50 years work in one space --takes you to the journey of history. the show was ofcource a autobio of the artist, the way it was dispalyed and made go around each space was like a satidfied after reading a novel.
# 2. Sudershans museum show in Baujilad, Bombay, (one work)
# 3. Samuha projects, Bangalore, (the whole project),
ps: archanadevi chamber looked lovely. i loved this work of mine and its display in samuha
i did create the same feeling in delhi on 12th jan -- against all odds -curated by arshiya. i loved my represntation of replicas.
# 4. Sanchayans show in experimenta, Calcutta (one work)
# 5. Ranbir in Volte (the last entry), beutifully displayed. what a show, talks about the artists past 10 years or more, the works where so strong, frankly i wouldnt care for the space or the display. The thread work is always a fav work of mine. the subtle magic which he brings in, makes me stay silent.
Non indian artist shows:
1. Pipoliti ritz, baden
2. Martin Berlin biennial --his film
3. artist initated show on a street in geneva --building squatted by artist
4. Regulas ongoing project. from past 7 years on thursdays two ladies Croche in public space. it is the same piece they continue. people join them.
landscape of the year
1. pehelgaon
2. engleberg /alps
3. rann
4. rome
city of the year
1. Berlin
2. Basel /aarau / zurich / burgdorf
3. Srinagar
4. Rome
5. Bujh
food of the year
Rotla and baigun bharta
johar roti and saar
Ragi mudde and kori saar
fonduo
cabbage in rome
jelatos
open dosa
new recipes
raw vege pickels -- aam aada + adrak + green chilli
rosti
soft idlli
kadab
shamigee
all kinds of tambli
lots of diffrent kinds of saar
banana paisaa
nutun guds rice kher
Good films i saw this year
LSD
SUper
Rajnikant * ( shivai and robort) concept and him i loved dint bother of others actors in the film.
Rajulas film on Kabir
new year finished, art summit finished and now jan 2011 will finish
anyways 2011 when we have the first Skoda girl --i have been thinking of giving away few awards in Archanadevis name. atleast let me nominate few likings and dis-likings.
2011 started very well with the show -- ‘Against All Odds: A Contemporary Response to the Historiography of Archiving Collecting and Museums In India’
Cuarted by: Arshiya Lokhandwala, Venue: Lalit Kala Akademi, Lalit Kala Akademi, National Academy of Art, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Sponsoring this show.
-- after a long time saw a well curated show. all the projects just looked perfect. well displayed and well selected works. the most interesting thing was the concept -- the right concept at the right time.
giving arshiya the full credit --as had to work with the bureaucratic institution and make this kind of show possible.
I have been thinking, if i can concentrate just on visual arts...... then last year has been quite interesting, because I entered into a different role. I did get a new identity --maybe promotion, with no UGC scale salary nor a critic fee or a catalog writers fee. Catalog writing is paid per word, so it is best to higher somebody to type, as i can give a speech for many hours.
is it true there where better films made than VA?
lot of my friends are not liking being in a lists or a rating so i decide to make many kinds of list.
lists or rating of what i have seen, i remember, i liked, i hated, i reacted........
Indian artist shows ----- what i remember and liked:
# 1. Nalinis retro in Lassune, (full show), To see an artists 50 years work in one space --takes you to the journey of history. the show was ofcource a autobio of the artist, the way it was dispalyed and made go around each space was like a satidfied after reading a novel.
# 2. Sudershans museum show in Baujilad, Bombay, (one work)
# 3. Samuha projects, Bangalore, (the whole project),
ps: archanadevi chamber looked lovely. i loved this work of mine and its display in samuha
i did create the same feeling in delhi on 12th jan -- against all odds -curated by arshiya. i loved my represntation of replicas.
# 4. Sanchayans show in experimenta, Calcutta (one work)
# 5. Ranbir in Volte (the last entry), beutifully displayed. what a show, talks about the artists past 10 years or more, the works where so strong, frankly i wouldnt care for the space or the display. The thread work is always a fav work of mine. the subtle magic which he brings in, makes me stay silent.
Non indian artist shows:
1. Pipoliti ritz, baden
2. Martin Berlin biennial --his film
3. artist initated show on a street in geneva --building squatted by artist
4. Regulas ongoing project. from past 7 years on thursdays two ladies Croche in public space. it is the same piece they continue. people join them.
landscape of the year
1. pehelgaon
2. engleberg /alps
3. rann
4. rome
city of the year
1. Berlin
2. Basel /aarau / zurich / burgdorf
3. Srinagar
4. Rome
5. Bujh
food of the year
Rotla and baigun bharta
johar roti and saar
Ragi mudde and kori saar
fonduo
cabbage in rome
jelatos
open dosa
new recipes
raw vege pickels -- aam aada + adrak + green chilli
rosti
soft idlli
kadab
shamigee
all kinds of tambli
lots of diffrent kinds of saar
banana paisaa
nutun guds rice kher
Good films i saw this year
LSD
SUper
Rajnikant * ( shivai and robort) concept and him i loved dint bother of others actors in the film.
Rajulas film on Kabir
