LEAD FEATURES
26 Delhi is the Mecca of Performance Art in India claims Meera Menezes, as she introduces six of its critical proponents.
31 Anirudh Chari discusses some of the salient issues
underpinning the development of Performance Art in
Bengal.
34 From the Fine Arts Fair in the ’60s to Bhupen Khakhar and Jeram Patel in the ’70s to Chintan Upadhyay and Alok Bal in the 2000s, Sandhya Bordewekar traces the trajectory of Performance Art in Baroda.
PROFILES
38 Memory, longing and desire mix well in Nikhil Chopra’s performances. Abhay Sardesai witnesses him slip in and out of roles.
43 What makes Inder Salim’s art so anti-establishment? Shukla Sawant finds out.
47 Monali Meher finds innovative ways to push the boundaries
of the self notes Zasha Colah, as she takes us through the
artist’s repertoire of performances.
50 What happens to a performance when the artist is an absent presence? Madhavi Gore asks Neha Choksi.
53 The past and the present meet dramatically as Srinivasa
Prasad meshes traditional and contemporary worlds,
observes Marta Jakimovicz.
57 Actor Jyoti Dogra’s work falls somewhere between Experimental Theatre and Performance Art, finds Subuhi Jiwani.
58 Identity, gender and risk are explored by Tejal Shah in
performances that cut through public and private spheres of
experience, points out Maya Kovskaya.
INTERNATIONAL PROFILE
60 What makes Marina Abramović the prima donna of Performance Art? Sharmishta Ray provides a detailed introduction.
OPINION
65 What drove Abhishek Hazra to take to the streets of London with a megaphone?
INTERVIEW
66 Tushar Joag makes his fifty-day journey from India to China on a motorcycle.Girish Shahane rides pillion.
SPECIAL REPORTS
69 Led by four people from distinct age groups through Tino Sehgal’s show at the Guggenheim, New York, Niharika Dinkar wonders whether she is also a part of the performance.
70 Preeti Bahadur Ramaswami discusses why KHOJ Live 08 was a significant station in the development of Performance Art practices in the country.
LETTER FROM PAKISTAN
72 Performance Art does not compare too favourably with other art genres in Pakistan laments Quddus Mirza, and introduces its key practitioners.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS
96 Sophia Powers sees Sheila Makhijani tossing up sculpted paper forms in delicate graphic worlds.
98 Lise McKean cruises through Water Ways in Chicago with four Indian and three Chinese artists.
101 INTERNATIONAL NEWS
REVIEWS
102 Deeksha Nath journeys with Zarina Hashmi’s new maps of displaced homes.
104 Worn tar machines, clogged sewage ponds and cracked earth indicate natural devastation and desolation. Janice Pariat responds to the damaged eco-systems photographed by Ravi Agarwal.
106 The vernacular is contemporary, contends Annapurna Garimella in a curatorial venture with rural artists. Latika Gupta remains skeptical.
108 Shiladitya Sarkar critically responds to the way in which Navjot Altaf portrays the sex worker in her multi-media work.
110 Some artists respond convincingly to lacklustre museums and dusty archives in Against All Odds and some don’t.Tasneem Zakaria Mehta assesses Arshiya Lokhandwala’s curated show.
112 Ganesh Pyne paints characters from the Mahabharata in a
new light, but the show is far from being truly epic, rues
Anirudh Chari.
113 Anita Dube’s penchant for dressing up words leaves Zehra Jumabhoy unmoved.
114 Abhijeet Tamhane watches through a lens, darkly, as an abandoned camera factory and its gloomy spaces tell their story.
REPORT
115 The future of Indian art is indeed bright, concedes Meera Menezes, as she hops from the India Art Summit to the ŠKODA Prize 2010 event.
118 LISTINGS
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