LEAD ESSAYS
28 It?s time for the artist to question her/his role and work with collectives and communities to initiate new art-making practices in the city, argue Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava
35 Why don?t patrons and architects draw from local building traditions while creating ?new? cities, asks Gautam Bhatia
PROFILES
39 Pooja Iranna?s meticulously constructed buildings evoke geometries of urban anxiety and alienation, notes Meera Menezes
42 Deserted landscapes and claustrophobic architecture mark a deeply divided Delhi in Gigi Scaria?s works, points out Johny ML.
LETTER FROM PAKISTAN
45 Quddus Mirza bemoans the absence of public art and the proliferation of mawkish urbanscapes in his country.
INTERVIEW
48 Nalini Malani opens her heart to Abhay Sardesai
INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS
74 Jaishri Abichandani?s Dirty Jewels shine their light on complex histories and fraught news events, observes Avni Doshi.
76 Jitish Kallat invokes Swami Vivekananda and responds to Homeland Security protocols on the Art Institute of Chicago?s Grand Staircase Lise Mckean takes public notice.
79 Rasheed Araeen?s linear and diagrammatic works might feel at home on London streets, suggests Amit S. Rai
80 Aakash Nihalani?s art loses its street smartness as it enters the gallery, complain Elena Glasberg and Jasbir K. Puar.
REVIEWS
82 A rocking skeletal toy, a rotating smashed car and a swinging sword are only some of the exhibits that Sudarshan Shetty?s tilting statue presides over. Kavita Singh looks on.
85 Shezad Dawood?s abstract forms fail to match the philosophical concepts he explores, sighs Heidi Fichtner
86 Meera Menezes catches Manjunath Kamath doodling on the walls of a gallery.
87 Shrines at malls, over-burdened children and martyrs ? Khalil Chishtee?s plastic sculptures find a new audience that includes Meera Menezes.
88 Navin Thomas uses discarded electrical appliances, transistors and other junk to build multi-sensorial environments. Marta Jakimowicz has a synaesthetic experience.
90 Icon, mascot, emblem ? Sreshta Rit Premnath s Leo shuffles between different diminished roles, finds Marta Jakimowicz.
92 Bani Abidi?s new works lack the verve of her earlier videos, rues Shiladitya Sarkar.
94 How does the Raqs Media Collective plumb the depths of Rosa Luxemburg?s The Accumulation of Capital? With acuity, maintains Kaushik Bhaumik
97 Does Mona Rai?s Verk explore the textures of life? Gopika Nath says yes and no.
98 Arpita Singh?s Cobweb is composed of an intricate network of divided countries, communities and selves, avers Latika Gupta.
101 Arunkumar H G?s Tract exposes the lie of the land, points out Latika Gupta
SPECIAL REPORTS
102 How did the art market move and shake in the last ten years? Maithili Parekh gives a quick lowdown.
106 Meher Pestonji traces Carmel Berkson?s journey as Indologist, art historian and sculptor.
108 LISTINGS