Geeta Kapur, is a Delhi-based critic and curator. Her essays are widely anthologized and her books include Contemporary Indian Artists (1978); When Was Modernism: essays on contemporary cultural practice in India (2000); forthcoming, Critical Inscriptions in Contemporary Art: Navigating Practice. She was founder-editor, Journal of Arts & Ideas; member advisory council, Third Text; she is Trustee/ advisory editor, Marg; and editorial advisor ArtMargins. Curatorial projects include: ‘Dispossession’, Johannesburg Biennale (1995); ‘Bombay/Mumbai’, Century City, Tate Modern (co-curation, 2001); ‘subTerrain’, House of World Cultures, Berlin (2003); ‘Aesthetic Bind’, Chemould, Mumbai (2013-14). She was Jury member, Venice, Dakar and Sharjah Biennales; member, Asian Art Council, Guggenheim Museum; advisory member, Asian Art Archive, Hong Kong. She lectures internationally and has held Visiting Fellowships at the Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla; Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Delhi; Clare Hall, University of Cambridge; Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Geeta Kapur was awarded the Padmashri in 2009.

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Art in These Dark Times

by Geeta Kapur

It is often assumed, frequently by the artist himself, that dwelling in his subjective world and driving his inspiration more deeply from his unconscious than from the overt environment, he can be but little impressed by the politics of his time, leave alone reflect it in his work. There is some truth

Kochi-Muziris Biennale: Site Imaginaries

by Geeta Kapur

Preamble

When I recall the bewitchment created by the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, I think of three creature-objects tethered to the decaying structure of the Calvathy dockyard [1] and facing the Arabian Sea in desolate majesty. In his installation titled Kochi Tower, the Portuguese

Geeta Kapur

Art in These Dark Times

Kochi-Muziris Biennale: Site Imaginaries

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