T J Demos speaks to Gayatri Sinha
by Gayatri Sinha GS: I don't know if you recall, but at an edition of the Art India Fair I had used the term post-global and you had popped the question from the audience about its validity as a category. While my position may have reflected a priori a resistance to the 'global' how do you read globalisation under the
read more The biennale in Covid times
by Gayatri Sinha On the banks of the Vaigai river nearly thirty years ago, the village of Keelazhi was identified as a Sangam-era site that yielded a sophisticated city with the rich possibility of rewriting the historic antecedents of the Tamil people. Saranraj V., who grew up in Madurai and trained as a sculptor,
read more Failing to court the court painter
by Gayatri Sinha
Ravi Varma was a product of his times who gained fame not as an originator of trends but one who quested for a truly authentic subject matter.
By all appearances the Raja Ravi Varma exhibition, an attempt to rehabilitate the court painter has gone completely askew. The exhibition at
read more Art Criticism in India : A brief history and critical compulsions
by Gayatri Sinha I want to speak briefly about issues of critical writing and criticality in India, my reference points will be to some foundational developments and my own position as a critic-curator. I will also dwell a little more on the recent period.
The Agency of Crisis
The critic in India is heralded
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