Art and Fashion

1st feb to 5th feb 2012

5th day in Delhi for Art and fashion - as mithu and bhavana would say it is more of FaSion. 

still dont know what i am suppose to do and why i am here. 

Is it Fashion or trend or style?

Is it textile or clothing? 

Can it be object behavior or just simple nothing. 

reminds me of Gina: the Chinese hair dresser from our own Calcutta: Kolkatta. but for Gina i think Calcutta is the thing. The Chinese who has lived all her life in Calcutta but still has a British passport as she was born before 1947.

She had once mentioned: 

Now a days there is Fashion but no Style. 

of course we all spoke about body politics in our intro presentations. That too is in Fashion.

6 participants - quite a mixed crowd -- i hope i remember all the names: 

Faseeh Saleem: Lahore: Textile designer/fiber designer 

Varun Sardana: Delhi: Fashion Designer 

Radhika Bhalla: Delhi: Critic/Art Historian

Andy: frm Taiwan but not from Thailand: Taipei: Artist  

Julie Skarland: Norway/Delhi: Fashion Designer

And me

The 2nd day we all went to Gurgaon for a art walk thru three shows: Devi + Art Alive + nature morte. but the best prize goes to the water front of the Oberoi hotel.

Devi: Iranian show - very moving as usual. many where quite a Killer, but nothing surprising as past 10 yrs the Iranian artist have been working quite strongly and also someway i felt they are using the same language. but does it matter as they are able to express them self so strongly. Loved the animation videos --all of them but the ones which said --i dont remember the name - but i think it sounded: you dont know what is above your head? 

Art Alive: Fragility: nicely curated show, very sleek -- very proper was it too proper? missed a little bit of ginger. but loved Masoomas work and Mithus fish skeleton vitrine. ( i am in love with vitrines now a days). Masoomas work still in my mind the correct sensitive fragile but still has a little bit of ginger in it.  

Nature morte, gurgaon: T&T: -- i can only say they are the T&T. after the show i was craving for sarsoo ka saag and makai ke roti.