zones of contact: propositions on the museum

7/28/2019 Zones of Contact: Propositions on the Museum

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Propositions on the Museum

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AkAnshA RAstogi

DeekshA nAth

& ViDyA shiVADAs

Zones of ContaCt


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Zones of Contact spans a range of practices and

generations of artists, bringing them together in a

provocative relationship with each other. Witnessing

and participating in the process of making of this

exhibition has been a joy ride, full of possibilities

that the museum as a site opens up in South Asian

context. It is with great pleasure I congratulate the

three curators, Akansha, Vidya and Deeksha for their

placed/misplaced propositions.

Rooin Kroe,

Director, KNMA

It is a great year for KNMA with important exhibitions

at both our spaces, taking our attempts further.

Continuing with our effort to experiment with different

exhibition modes, KNMA has invited this unique

collaboration between three young curators. Zones

of Contact offers signicant insights into museum

practice and different ways of collecting and archiving.It also engages with the technological landscape of its

locational context at Noida. It is a great step forward.

Kirn Nr,

Chairperson, KNMA

Zones of ContaCtProPositions on theMuseuM

akansha rastogiDeeksha nath

ViDya shiVaDascuRatedb

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Prequel

Being in the ZoneIn the museum oyer an exposed brick

structure sets the tone or the exhibition: An

anti-monument that has infltrated the pristine

oyer o a corporate ofce. Its passages

with curved and straight walls, reminiscent

o Delhis urban villages, seem misplaced in

this setting. They lead, with a ew misses,

towards an insulated rectangular structure

that one can peer into but not enter.

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On Entrances andEncountersOn the glass aade o the museum is the

photo rieze Cosmopolitan Strangers by Arun

Kumar H G. It shows groups o people, daily

wage construction workers, waiting to be

picked up by passing contractors at busy

intersections in Delhi, Gurgaon and Mumbai.

Positioned at the threshold o the museum,

looking in, the work captures the reality o

Indias labour fgures where 94 per cent o the

population is now work in the unorganized

sector.

Directly opposite a small curatorial insertion

documentation o D P Roy Choudharys

sculpture Triumph o Labour ound at the

entrance o National Gallery o Modern Art.

This bronze sculpture was one o the frst

commissioned works at NGMA, having won

the First National Exhibition o Modern Art

in 1953 and fnally being installed in 1959.

Triumph o Labour was among a spate o

public commissions by Choudhary in the

1950s that constructed national symbols.

Here he eulogises the toiling, muscular

bodies o the workers who are literally

engaged in national reconstruction.

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Alternate Histories:Archives Revisited

In Record/Resist Sheba Chhachhi revisits her

archives o the womens movement, taken

over two decades, blurring the boundaries

between personal memoir and historical

event. The documentary images o women

activists protesting becomes a touching

portrait on a movement in the making, and

the way it engages with individual agency and

collective resistance.

Nearby Bhopal survivors assert their moral

right to represent and memoralise the 1984

tragedy. The proposed museum will not only

keep alive the memory o the worlds worst

industrial disaster but also become a tool

in their struggle or justice. Alongside the

collected objects, posters and photographs,

the installation brings together a series o

voices that speak o the need to remember,

on who has the right to that memory and

what orms it can take.

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On Seeing: Museum

Metaphors

Both Susanta Mandal and Ranbir Kaleka

engage with the act o viewing. Mandal

reworks the Magic Lantern, where a ragile

tentative image is produced with the help oa candle light. It is only through the constant

re-adjustment o the height o the candle

by the viewer that the images clarity can

be retained. Ranbir Kalekas Reading Man

speaks o the impossibility o pinning down

the creative experience and grasp concretely

what it produces.

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(Endnotes)

1

Jam Clrd Mm a Cac Z

in Routes: Travel and Translation in the Late

Twentieth Century, 1997.

artists

Amar kawar

Caprad

h. g. Armar

Mama sd

nam Mam

n. n. RmzRa Pwa

Rabr kala

Rav Aarwal

sam Da

sba Cac

sdr Pawarda

smd Rajdra

saa Madal


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a Lv s, 2010

HD video, colour, sound, 5 min 7 sec

Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

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2012.

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wa wrr wa b rd, a alld

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da.

ARun kuMAR h g (b.

1968, ida) cmpld

Baclr ad

Mar dr

clpr rm

Facl F Ar, M.

s. uvr Barda

1995. h l w

cld Fd a nar

Mr, nw Dl ad

sa gallr, Mmba,

2006; ifaabl wr

a nar Mr, nw

Dl, 2001; ad sd

gallr, ad gar Ar

sd, nw Dl,

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a cmprar ar

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ar dal ad ar

xca, ad a

cmpld rdc

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2005, ad uvr

s Arala,

Adlad, 2007. t

ar lv ad wr

gra, haraa.

Cmpl s, 2012

Digital print of 14 panels, 572.5 x 63


7/25

Untitled, Early 1950s

9.5 x 9.0 in.

Linocut on Paper

Untitled, Early 1950s

6.7 x 9.0 in.

Linocut on Paper

Untitled, 1946

21.7 x 15.0 in.

Brush, pen and ink on paper

Untitled, 1946

20.2 x 14 in.

Brush, pen and ink on paper

Collection: Delhi Art Gallery, New

Delhi

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mra c c a l acr wrr ad

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c arc wr. Lc rm r rmbl

arrav Bmal R lm Do Bigha Zamin, 1952.

Caprad wa cmmd b Bmal R ma

pr ad vral draw r lm.

ChittAPRosAD (b. 1915 d.

1978, ida) wa a l-a

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gvrm Cll,

Ca, Balad. h

rmad a acv mmbr

Cmm Par

ida 1940, wr a

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acc ravl am

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pbld Cmm Par

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call ad plcall ad

ar pracc prmc. h

llrad vral b r

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o Rasagolla and Other Tales

adAngels Without Fairy-tales

ad Ramayana. h crpd,

dd ad prrmd pla

l Shakuntala adPrince and

the Princess ppp-

ar,Khelaghar, r cldr

lv lm.


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Series of ve sculptures, 2012

Cardboard, photographs and mixed media

I am not from the North

34 x 13 x 10.5

My complexion is not much too white

20 X 17x 6.5

Spirits

26.5 x 9 x 15.5

Become a Diurach

31 x 8 x 9

Blues

13.5 x 15.5 x 8.5

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ya wo jaga bata de jahan par khuda na ho

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galb al ab r arccral maq a

c a wr rcal ad clral

drama ld. t ar cra wr b c

ap cardbard paca alclc

bvra ad rc ma rm maaz

ad pr mda ad r w arcv ma ad

pral prap. t alla v rcr

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dv. hr rcr ar r-wl z

cac, abla wr ea ad W m,

dr r clalm, lbala ad

racm clld, c ad ppl rm pa ad

pr arrv am a ad wa xpca

p r drama ld. t cm r

rm pral ad ral vcav vr

c ad ral.

Mama sd (b. 1971,

Paa) dd pa ad

lar dd M.A. Val Ar

rm naal Cll

Ar, Lar. s a xbd

Paa ad abrad,

parcpa vral ar-

-rdc ad wrp.

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Lar; Bac naal

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karac; ad Macr

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gallr, elad, a Apx Ar

nw yr ad kall

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s lv ad wr nw

Dl.


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nm Mmsc 2006, nam Mam a wrd The

Young Man Was (ba.r), a r 1970

lra-l. t crr capr, United Red Army, a

lm ab Japa Rd Arm 1977 jac

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plca ad acr w, r m.

t arrav crcd rm ad rcrd

a bw Daa crl wr ad

lad jacr. t wr c cracl rad

cvra cra a cal dbl. B d,

r a xad camaradr, alm a rvrsclm sdrm. sm Baar brv,

Prap bca el cd laa b

m, w wc ar r dc

pclarl pl, l accrd bw ram ad

ra v wa bra p. [Tank]

United Red Army, Timeline Part 1 [1968-1977,

#vcapture] par a r ml bl ard

lm. i a 1977 a a rpr p, pa

ccl jac (x mll dllar ram) ad a

ardl erpa vrm wll

a ( rad Laa 181). Prap

arcval vd a cl ra ra ma rdcd

a blr, p r a dcad ald pa.

nam Mam (b. 1969,

Balad) xplr r

raal l, ad

cradc brdr, war,

ad bl s Aa,

r a, prap,

ad lm (ba.r). sc

2006, a wrd t

y Ma Wa, a r

1970 lra-l. Prjc

m av b dcrbd

a dlld ll

w capac ma

c (Vja Praad, Take on

Art). h wr a b w

a exprmr, Balad

slpaala Acadm, Daa

gallr Cra, Frz Ar Fa r,

ad sarja Bal, ad

appard Granta,Rethinking

Marxism,Arab Studies Journal,

ad Secret Identities: Asian

Superhero Comics. Mam

a crc pall rac

apc a mc Bal

aalm, ad wa dr

Between ashes and hope:

Chittagong Hill Tracts in the blind

spot o Bangladesh nationalism

(DP/MJF). h crrl a

P.D. d Arpl a

Clmba uvr.

United Red Army, 2011-2012

Video loop, 71 minutes

United Red Army, Timeline Part 1

[1968-1977,

vcapture], 2012

8 x 6 in. each of 40 frames


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The Tools, 1993

78.7 x 157.5 inches (diameter)

Resin, marble dust, berglass and iron

Collection: Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai

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cr ad cmmal

llw rm bra Babr Majd ad

r ad p p ida cm ad

b lbralza. Rmz clpral

alla rm 1990 ad w

ca cra. t Ja traara r

rma a rcrr cral m ma

wr, a a pral calm amd rblc.

i Tools rm 1993, r vra rm cra l ard m a crcl. h cld b

parcpa a ral val r qall dlvr a

q l radal ll a ar lr

vald dr ca wr cd. L r

ca alla rm am prd, Speaking

Stones (1998) ad The Inner Voice (1992), r

rma a l w, bar la

r, plcal rblc ad cmmal vlc w

rcd ad drac.

n. n. Rmz (b. 1957, krala,

ida) cmpld B.A.

clpr rm Cll

F Ar, trvadrm, 1982

ad M.A. clpr a M. s.

u., Barda 1984 ad rr

dd a Ral Cll

Ar, Ld a ila

clarp. h wa dpl

fcd b l ad

radcal bacrd krala

ad c- plcal r

a m emrc.

h a xbd aall ad

raall. Rmz wa

mad r sb

Award r Cmprar ida

Ar 1998. h lv ad wr

krala.


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maar/ mar, prlmar rma a

fm a b work. t a br wr

b a a rpl w arcal,

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t md r var dba ad cvra

w l a ad, w maral, ll, pbl ad

mpbl.

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a mmr vwr w arcal a

dlca cvra. t wr br ap(clvad) md a a r dpara ma,

wc rpr dm a lld cra. o,

a ar br dw a r p

abrd ad -ma (abrac).

tr dpara prc ad r rp,

acqr ll a lw, war prc. t l a

ad bcm prc dvc a mbd dr

w bd. tr rm, a rpra,

mbddd w ral clpral rac.

opcal aca bw pcc ad

mac accmla. L bcm a mapr a

rval drama bd work, wc r, a -

bw mmbra a prdc ma rm dar,

bcr z ward clar ad ma. imac

ad mmdac ar cvd r ral xral

rac kantha (ql) rpr d (/

cvr). i rpv mpl cq al draw

-lld, m-lld r rad

cramap.

Ra Pwa (b. 1977, ida)

rcvd r M.F.A (sclpr),

ad B.F.A (Pa) rm

Facl F Ar, M. s. u.

Barda. s rcp

emr Ar Award 2007,

prd b Fda

r ida Cmprar Ar

(FiCA), nw Dl. Pwa

rcvd ila sclarp

r uniDee rdc

a Cadllar, Fdaz

Pl 2006. hr rc

l xb cld

Mar udr s, Ar

hk Aa o rprd

b t gld, Mmba,

h;Intertwinings,

Vadra Ar gallr, nw Dl

ad Sonnet or Silent Machines,

a Jar ncl gallr &

t gld, Mmba. Pwa

crrl ac a sr

scl Ar, D ad

tcl, Baalr.

Cultivating the Craft (Within Sleep), 2013

Five textile panels, hand embroidered on Calico, linen

100 x 52 inches each

(detail of the installation)


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Reading Man 2, 2012

Performance: Amjad Majid

Video Projection on painting

2 min 31 sec

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prjc a pad bacrd, a vcav

rdr lap ad ra bw

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ad xprc. t cm crav prc

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pa rala ma maa

ar ad vwr, wr d cr adbcm appar? Wa d r pa

mm pac ad apra ca ad ma

xplc ma ar?

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bacrd) ad a mv pcr (w vd

cmp). kala a ad prc, Pa

a a pcal qal, a - wc ca

c ad l. Vd, r ad, mad

mpl rm l, ad a ar d ara. i

wdrd wa wld app i cmbd w.

W d a arrv a a rd, lard ma

w a dr qal, wc ma pbl

r dr pac ma ad c ma

xprc a ar lvl.

Rabr kala (b. 1953, Pjab,

ida) dd pa a

Cll Ar, Cadar,

ad lar a ar a

Pjab uvr rm 1970

1975 ad a Cll

Ar, nw Dl bw 1980

ad 85. h lar bad

Mar dr pa

rm Ral Cll Ar

Ld. h wr av b

wdl xbd ida ad

abrad. h rc parcpa

cld Dcrc ida a

tl Avv Mm Ar, iral,

4 gaz tral, Mda

Ar Lab Mcw, Pra

Bal 5, ad Lal kala

Aadm tl Farm- Arcv

upa am a w. h

wa v naal Award

1979. Rabr kala lv ad

wr nw Dl.


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Work morning

Sugarcane worker couple

Stone quarrying worker

Brick kiln workers

From Down and Out, Labouring under Globalization*, 1997-2000

(Phoogrphi series y Rvi agrwl n ook y Jn

bremen, arvin ds n Rvi agrwl - OuP, Ini, 2000)

coresy : the Gil ar Gllery, Mmi

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prc rmal wr rc, paradxcall al

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labr, mr c. Mra rm vlla

c arc wr, wr amp

cap l r xrm pvr b al a cal

rdr wc xcldd m rm a ppr pward mbl. Wr dd r lv. Fr lc

w w d , cld ma wr a a aml a

brc ma all , r b cpd p dar

maa-r -l damd c wap.

Palr pc ra wa, w a dal a r

r, wr rm, a a cmplc sa macr

ld r wa.

t cra rmala wr, wc ba

paradxcall a ida cm ba lbalz,

da mr cmmplac ad rw. t mra

wrr rma rappd a dpl xplav plcal

cd r m.

Rav Aarwal (b. 1958, nw

Dl, ida) a ar, crar,

wrr ad vrmal acv.

h a parcpad vral

raal crad w.

Am m ar Dcma

Xi, kal 2002; hr Pla,

Br 2007; ida hwa,

Ld, ol, Cpa,

L, Rm, Bj, 2009-

2012; 48d C pblc ar

ad cl, nw Dl, 2009;

Crcal Ma: Cmprar Ar

rm ida, tl Avv, 2012; ad

nwpa t sa hma

R, Mcl, 2012. h c-

crad Yamuna-Elbe Public.

Art.Outreach prjc 2011

(www.ama-lb.d), ld

c hambr ad Dl.

Aarwal a wr xvl

cl ad dvlpm

. h dr

ida vrmal ngo,

txc L (www.xcl.r).

Aarwal lv ad wr nw

Dl.


14/25

The Vista 2012-13

Installation with unique edition artists books

sm DWr a a ar pr clral car

wc bwldr a b, i l a r rcal

prd rlv m m dlmma. Fr xampl,

wa wa a ar 19 cr? hw

wr a w clral vacm a a m

plcal rml ad lac para?

t aal, rvval mvm lad rd r

clda da ida ar ad d

arl 20 cr ad rw p q a c

rma rlva r pracr da.

i wr r w m alla r x a mal p dparr: oara

mal x The Ideals o the Easta a w

Aa d, a mr pral mmrPathe

Bipathe b Abadraa tar, wr ar

dcrb lcal ad lbal d, m

a abl pac, rar a ra md pac. t

rd lar prvdd b Amara s mr rc

pblca,Identity and Violence: The Illusion o Destiny,

wr pa wa ca drad

l ad rcc w r.

Wr bw wrr ad r p,

i crc a arccral pac crd w

vrlapp r ad p. u

rma b, wr bld prcpl

arccr cra paal ld w fa rac.

t wr racv, r av ma rqr

vwr r pa, lmp r p,

c ad a ad dra a pcal ad val

jr b.

sam Da

sam Da (b. 1970,

Jamdpr, ida) pcal

Pa, Prap,

iracv ar wr ad a r

b cra ml-r

vrm r ar

ad arccral alla.

h dd ar rm

saa, kala Bava ad

p exprc prram rm

Cambrwll Cll Ar,

Ld, r Br Ccl

sclarp [ CWit]. Da a

ld vral l w

Ld, sapr , nw Dl

, klaa ad Mmba. h a

dcmd tar

Mm i klaa [1999-

2000]. h rc pblca

cldArchitecture o

Santiniketan : Tagores Concepts

o Space. sam crrl par

a prramm prpar a

Dr saa a Wrld

hra Cr bal

Asi. h a xbd wr

wdl. Da lv ad wr

nw Dl.


15/25

Record/Resist, 2012

Installation with photographs and single channel projection,

Duration: 17 minutes

sb CcRecord/Resistpr a ma rfc m

am w wm mvm ida, a

b prapr ad acv. Blrr bdar

bw pral mmr ad rcal v

vd ad prap rv m arcv

dcmar ma a vr 20 ar, rm 1980

la 90-arl 2000, cld pr, pampl

ad r arcval maral. t wr va

ma, lppa ad cradc w

cllcv rac ad xplr crc

bjcv r cal ad plcal prc.Rr rlap bw bjc ad

prapr, pral ad plcal, w

a plpc ramwr r-bjcv,

alla p a mbdd mpral - a m

plral pa, clllar mmr ad p r.

sba Cac (b.

1958, harar, epa) wr

w l bad ma, b

ll ad mv, va

q dr, cl,

vlc ad val clr.

hr wr rcpra

ac crap, m ad

val rad calbra a

qr cmprar

mm. Cac ba

1980, b a a acv ad

prapr, dcm

wm mvm ida. B

1990, Cac mvd

cra cllabrav ad

prap, vall r

lar p bad mlmda

alla. hr prapc

wr rrv maral wrld:

wm, mdca, ad

r rm labr.

Cac cra mmrv

vrm, br

cmplav plcal

b -pcc pblc ar

ad dpd wr. s

a xbd wdl ida ad

raall. Cac lv

ad wr nw Dl.


16/25

Nullah, 1985

72 x 44 in.

Oil on canvas

Collection: Buno and Gurcharan

Das, New Delhi

Sudhir Patwardhan

Green Torso, 1975

40 x 30 in.

Oil on canvas

Collection: Sudhir Patwardhan,

Mumbai

sd Pwdt wr rm 1975 ad 1985 rpr ca

mm sdr Pawarda pracc. t ar

rmmbr Green Torso a a brar wr

r wr cla r rm v. h

dcrb wr Ar hra caal, 1978-

1979: t r ca ad rl cvrc

m llcal ad pcral prccpa

ccrrd 1975. i ad b wr w a d

abrapcal ad xpr draw w i

bcam prccpd w a ma ma -

wrr - crd dal brba ra.t ar crc Raj h pa Pawarda

dplm bd, r pa, a

a prc ad a mbl, wr mclar

pq rpd ra vrda l ac a

mbdm pr rd.

B m Nullah 1985, w Pawarda

prccpa w r wrr

a w ladcap ad aba. t mv wa

rrd par b cllap mll wrr

r 1982-83 ad b Pawarda w cra

cal dlmma pa bal wrr

r.Nullah allw ar a a da vw, a

paramc ladcap dr dvlpm p

dpla. t ar rcrd parclar ad

ca w brba brd, ad

d ma rlap ad acv dr.

B bar w vrda ca

vrm, Pawarda ma rd rcrd a

pcc plac ad m.

Sudhir Patwardhan (b, 1949,

P, ida) radad

Mdc rm Armd Frc

Mdcal Cll, P 1972.

Pawarda a pracc

radl ad r a clc

ta, Mmba. h ld

r l xb pa

Dl a ebram Alaz Ar

hra gallr 1979. sc

a ld vral l

ad parcpad mpra

rp xb. Pawarda

a rw b m

ca cmprar ar

ida. sdr Pawarda lv

ad wr Mmba.


17/25

Bouncing High Walls, 2012

Aluminum and cement concrete

smd rdsmd Rajdra draw ad clpr

dpara lm r xplr rcal

cx maral aca r ad

l w dralza, lar w ca

r. Clla rma a prcpl wr,

ad cra c rm , ad

rc am, dmlar maral ad mblc

aca carr. t ral rap

nw Dl, bl a lar r, a rc

pra r Rajdra ad lm

arccr a a cdd rm cal pc.t wr par a rc r mall clpr,

wc xplr rlap bw ppl ad

bld cmplx. Wa da cllcv lv d

rcr prm, wa d cmm

d dr? Rajdra l arccr

a cdd rm ma bl m. t

clrl, dc bld blc ad dr

la am ppl m lad m ward

xplav ad l-rv rlap. hr

rcad mal r ml ar ma

prc l, ma clam rr.

smd Rajdra (b. 1972,

krala, ida) cmpld

B.F.A. rm Cll F

Ar, trvadrm 1994 ad

M.F.A. rm Dl Cll Ar

1999. h l xb

cld Cmcal sml a

grvr Vadra, Ld,

2008; Fal Call a Aa Ar

Cr, nw Dl, 2008; sr

l Blac a sa gallr,

Mmba, 2006; ad Pd-

hmlad a Ra Ar

gallr, Lar, 2005. Rajdra

a wdl xbd wr,

cld parcpa var

raal xb. h lv

ad wr nw Dl.


18/25

From How long does it take to complete a circle series, 2011

Variable lenses, slides and candle

Installation, size variable

s Mdlhw l d a cmpl a crcl?

Frm bam p-m fr ml-r

bld, wall ad r camfa dl mall

pac, dd pc. Ccald w wall, r,

fr ar r-ccd ppl ad lcrc cabl

ad pwr cc wz ll. i la ad

l cra rcr a amp prvd a

val dpc vbl r r r

ppl. t a prv r

r w l wll r. i xp ralrcr, la m bar. t la pp allw r

raparc ad m brva, prvd

pbl ma .

i parclar bd wr i wr w a crap

calld Mac Lar wc wa d dr

Vcra prd r ram. i dcrc

appara ad l rc l, a

cadll, llma a r ld. t cadll

fam rw a l, a cl ld

pcal cr l. t clar, vwr

av adj/l cadl w lp a dvc.

t ma wc c mall arccral dal

ad r rrd acqr a allcar qal,

m amlar ad amlar a am m.

saa Madal (b. 1965,

klaa, ida) dd pa

a gvrm Cll

Ar ad Cra klaa ad

Bar hd uvr.

Madal a wrd a ar

rdc a kj iraal

Ar Aca Dl

ad Br Balad.

h wr a b w

vral xb b

ida ad abrad ad acqrd

b pr ar ,

cld gm

Mm, nw yr. h lv

ad wr nw Dl.


19/25

ProjeCts

Bpal: Mmr, Mvm ad

Mm (t Rmmbr Bpal tr

ad Rama Lam)

graz

( cllabra w Ab hazra,

kra sbbaa ad Praa Abav)

La iV

(M Prava + saaa Mara Ba +

saa Madal)

sl Jaa:

Ram Rama Prjc


20/25

Bpl: Mm,

Mvm d MmCollection: The Remember Bhopal Trust, Bhopal

Curator Rama Lakshmi

Bpal wrld wr dral

dar. Ml caa a lad rm u

Carbd pcd acr a crwdd wr cla

brd Bpal dr md 2-3

Dcmbr, 1984. Mr a 25,000 ppl av dda a rl a-rlad alm. Mr a 150,000

rma crcall ll. Mawl, w ra c

b xpd Carbd p rm a vrl

camad acr ad plld rdwar.

hw ld a mm prra r rad

ad raval Bpal? Mr mpral, w ld

ma c a mm? t vrm wa bld

a mmral a acr, b m rvvr

rp a l av mral r mmralz

v. t wld l mmral ad mm

b a l r c rl r jc, ad b

a a rz r r r.

t d, w av b cllc arac, ral

r, prap, pr , pr ad

la a av crcd cllcv mmr

rvvr ad acv Bpal. Faml av v

mm prjc bjc a ar r la abl

l w w dd. Ma r av rcd

r arrw al rvval ad rc rl. t

mm arrav wll b apd b r r ad

bjc.

t wll b r mm dpd ida a

c-crad b cmm ad ll r a

ppl mvm. i wll al b ma

mvm -- wll a xc maral r prdc

maacrd azard acr; ad wll accp

m rm r vrm r lar crpra

.

The Remember Bhopal Trust

wa rmd 2011 w

al p r

rl alv pblc

mmr ad lac a r

cmmmrav prjc. t

r Bpal a lcalzd

cd; d b a

r par cr,

pcall plac a ar

mlar rl, cllc

r, ad lmal wav

m all rm a prma

mm b lcad

Bpal. B tr acv

wll al addr

arm ab mar

cmc rw, r

vm, ad vrmal

ad ma r vla

cmprar ida.

Rama Lakshmi a mm

d rada; a

wrd w sma

i Wa,

D.C., ad Mr hr

Mm. i nw Dl,

a cld w naal

Mm ad naal Ral

Mm, ad a cdcd

ral r ud sa

ad ida. Crrl,

wr w Bpal rvvr

rp bld a cmm-

crad mm.


21/25

graZingo t rm b Bl

Aaa Ra

Ar-Cllabrar: Ab hazra, kra sbbaa ad Praa Abav

Grazing dra. i ra radr a a razr ad

xb pac a a prar.

tra xb a a arcpla, Grazing

rpd cd. i ma a wr ap cm p l v ar wal rr

ad rr r llw pracc rla rrv a

w dac ac m; a rmdr abl

a v. t pac l, a

a rfc b a a paracal w. i calm b

r. Para d amr b d,

ad al a w cjd w parabl; b

d dacd. i am a l-rral

rcr a a paq mapr prd

al ab m l, b dcrb l l

dmra a prvr ad a bc rlap

w ma. t pac a a pal

cra a ca rra (b) r wr

para bd rm bdl app ad

dl bd r r ral, rar

val.

i cmpr x rcr graz, mla

prr, pra ad pr:

Md, Lr, Fld, exa, D ad

sa grd. t vw a vw

a l c; mr mpral, a l

pclav bjc. graz bl laca ad

crap al rac. t x rcr ca b

a a , l, rad, ad pla w,

brw r, p , wal r, r

r m wc mad vbl l ar cra

cd ar acvd. t xb mpl b

w rd wr rma.

t r cllabra ar av b mdad b

crar a mda c prjc.

tr am var rm acv crb

a r prc, bcm w

ad maral ad lr prpr.

All ma xb ar dcma

var ar v Baalr, ard b ar

cmm r. t v av b br

a calclad rlap w mm pac.


22/25

Acknowledgements:

sr kmar gpalrdd,

Papamala n, Crp

srz, sr Jaaram,

nama sarma, Aa

Abraam, sma Carappa,

sma gpa, Aapra

garmlla, Arcaa Praad,

s g Vadva, La Vc

s, Rav ka, Bala

nambar, ea Mal, k

Badwar ad Parbara

Ma.

Rav sdaram ad CsDs,sara r allw m ad

cr Rarc

Cmprar.

na sa ad Cr r

ir sd, Baalr

wr vr

graz wa prd.

Raq ad Dv Ar

Fda r arr

graz epd 2: sara

Radr 09 exb.

Abhishek Hazra (b. 1977,

klaa, ida) a val

ar bad Baalr.

h a prvl xbd

wdl, cld scc

gallr, Dbl; heARt

hr Mm

Cmprar Ar, Dmar;

Arp Farl Mm

Mdr Ar, ol; Ca

Lxmbr Frm dar

Cmpra; exprm

Mara Rjav,

Rjav Ar.

Kiran Subbaiah (b. 1971,

karaaa, ida) wa

rad a a clpr rm

Ral Cll Ar,

Ld ad Msu, Barda.

h wr ma r

cld prap, vd,

clpr ad alla.

h a xbd wr

a Carj & Lal, Mmba;

ida hwa, srp

gallr, Ld, Par, Dl,

Mmba; Pmpd Cr,

Par. h a parcpad

raal rdc

cld Flaabr,

Br, nrwa; kj,

nw Dl; s

klrdr scpp,

grma; Rjaadm

va Bldd k,

Amrdam. h wa

al rcl rld r

sda Prz, ida. h

lv ad wr Baalr.

Prayas Abhinav (b. 1982,

haraa, ida) a wrr ad

ccaal acr, prl

a ar--rdc a

sr scl Ar,

D ad tcl.

Amrdam, nL). h

Drcr Mm

Val Dr (p:/

mmvaldr.).

Praa a dvlpd

rarc ad pracc w

ppr llwp

b sara, oppac,

Cr r exprmalMda Ar (CeMA), teD

ad Lcd ad parcpad

rdc a kj, ida;

Cdd Clr, Ara

ad D-lca, Japa, ad

ard wr a val

cld tramdal, 48

dr c, Frc, iseA

ad Wrcamp. h lv

w aml Baalr.

L 04A lca bad cllabrav crcsaaa Mara Ba, saa Madal ad M. Pravas-pcc, 2012

Layout 04 a lca-bad ac crc

a rra adard rd rba rr

pac, b a ar d, a pcc rv

r r ca cx kra nadar Mm

Ar a cl b. t parrp bw

ar rarm ad ma pcal

arccral prc dc apprac. t

rl cvrc dvdal ccrc

c a l-cad arwr ad prdc

rac a rc dcvr r b

ar ad adc.

W damc mrpl ccap, a

amp a rm rpraal mdl rfc

a damm p a mbr call, mr

M. Prava dd Barda

ad a parcpad vral

w ida ad abrad.

Crrl, a b

mda

fxbl dd pac,

ad prr wr dal b

cra a arccral

blpr.

saaa Mara Ba a

arcc ad crapr

b qalca, w a carr

ar b cc. h ad a

racv d rm, ill


23/25

bca a c larl cd b mrabl

lar ma ad maa. Wra ma

ma d a pcr-pla, r ar maa,

dr, ad rm a radall p

r ad crac rm a dr bram. t

av am dlv a bram, alb

w a md xcava b prjc r

dvr apprac crav pracr.

sc a prc dcvr am ravl

var lar d mac pac. t

ar ar ccrd w a pcc clral ladcap,

caracr wc fcd b lcal

rcr, r ad clr wc ra

r wr. t ar al rd drb

aca a ppl av pac ad drawa arccral r r

rv. t rp draw pra rm

cl rdr cra a w ral a ll

xprd r pcal prjc.

M, ad a acv mmbr

ngo, slr Prm

Ccl (ida), r wc

a ard prdc ad

cra Pblc Ar Fval

dr par nr-ea ida

d ad q

m r mdm

cmprar ad w mda

ar.

saa Madal rc ar

pracc vlvd w

r; wr

ppl plc r r rm

mcam vlvd w r.

h mxd mda alla,

wc lz pl

ad c mcam, m

plal, b ar acall ca

ad lmal dccr

crc.

sl j Prjc b Ram Ramasld w dral prap a arl 1950, Calca, Jamdpr, Drapr ad Damdar Rvr Vall


24/25

sl Jaa (b. 1918 d.

2012, ida) ida

rm prapr.

sl Jaa wa dcad a

s. Xavr ad Prdc

Cll Calca. h

prap Bal

Fam 1943 br m

prmc, ad w

capr ida paa

ad wrr mvm ad

dpdc rl

la 40.

Ram Rama (b. 1955, ida) a prapr, ar,

crar, dr ad acv.

h dd pc a

Maac i

tcl ad cmpld

a dr grapc D

rm yal uvr scl

Ar 1979. Rama a

w prap

dvdal ad rp

w ida ad ard

wrld. Am

w Rama a crad

ar Dl Mdr: t

Arccral Prap

Mada Maaa a

P, Dl, 2012,

ha Mv Pcr

V, Paam ad

nmar a B Paca,

nw yr, 2003; ad

sl Jaa Prap,

A Rrpcv a gallr

678, nw yr, 1998.

Rama

d mmbr

sadar ham Mmral

tr (sAhMAt) nw

Dl. h c-crar

sl Jaa ad b rcrd Cmm Par

ida b P.C. J, gral scrar CPi,

arl 1940 Calca. Rc al a

a prapr, J m dcm Bal

Fam Mdapr 1943. t pcr, pbld

Peoples War, mad Jaa aall am. Lv

ad wr a a prd r w

- par cmm Bmba bw 1944

ad 1947, Jaa dvlpd a l-l mpa r

arclral ad dral wrr ad r rl r

d a labrr. Ar P.C. J wa d a

gral scrar CPi, wrr, acr ad ar

l Jaa wm ad rcrd al l par.

Mv bac Calca, Jaa ml p a d

la 1940. W ra idral prjcba b p dr dpd ida r v

ar pla, ma wr cal ad l bl ar

Calca. sl Jaa wa prcl placd prap

tmpl Mdr ida. h bd dral

prap, mad r arl 1950, rar

ac wr ppl ar cral c. gral

fcd b dral prap mad arlr

1930 us ad sv u b rd

ad clla Marar Br-W, Jaa lar

rma prap ar rl rapc ad v

dalm w a rv bld a dral

ba r l-rlac. t wr vr mc a par

cra nrva ida w la Ja

Jawa, Ja ka wa a mar prd. t pcr,

mad Calca, Jamdpr, Drapr ad

Damdar Rvr Vall, rfc a m w labrr

wa vald a a c-ravllr bld w a

br dr ba b a xplav ad

pll. gra dral rcr dwar ladcap

ad ma w m. ta ma wr mad

am ara w w Ma rvl ad

pcd cfc bw rbal, crpra ad

a vr lad r ad mral rrc, a r

r.

t prap ar a mpra clral dcm

r mdr r, wc a b

crprad cal r drad a

r ad r. t prap bam

hl rm bd ad blw w

Boatmen on the Hooghly,

Calcutta, Late 1940s

Vintage toned gelatin silver print

11 x 9.5 in.

Collection: Ram Rahman, New

Delhi

Casting, Steel Plant, Bengal-

Orissa, Mid-1950s

Vintage toned gelatin silver print

16 x 19.7 in.

Collection: Ram Rahman, New

Delhi

ll mar Jaa ad ac. h dal

ard mclar labr w a pcral , b

mb w l-la mpa. h all ma

a bal d la lvr pr, ll cc a

ma ll cra ma a

wr ar.

Jaa pad awa 2012 Brl ad wr

a b pblc dma r dcad, parl

r w rclv. h ad prapd

b m radmr ad mr r dac carr

ad i rw p wr. A i bcam r

ab m w prap, i ralzd a w lacd a

acc r w prap r ad arcv

ida, ad bcam a par m pracc br m

r pblc a r xb,

arcl ad lcr. sl Jaa ad wr a b

r prjc.

Ram Rahman

sama rrpcv

xb p a

smar Mm, uvr

Cca Fbrar 2013.

t ar lv ad wr

nw Dl.


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