Chitra Ganesh’s “The Scorpion Gesture/Face of the Future”
Juxtaposing tradition with contemporary works is nothing new, but Ganesh thoughtfully threads the past into the future.
Juxtaposing tradition with contemporary works is nothing new, but Ganesh thoughtfully threads the past into the future.
The threshold of visibility and intelligibility remains ambivalent and ambulatory, as shapes emerge from and recede into the nebulous swaths of light.
Common household objects disrupt deliberate sophistication, symbolizing the unglamorous aspects of life.
Presenting a long overdue celebration of John Mawurndjul, one of the foremost Indigenous bark painters in the country.
Despite the wide spectrum of artistic expression, the exhibit hardly broke the stereotypical aims of Chinese art.
As Philip K. Dick once said,
The claims so often made by contemporary exhibitions are all achievable, if executed with genuine thought and care.