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Krispin Joseph PX No one can tell the meaning of the colour black quickly. Black is a colour or the mindset or conditions that some people encounter and face in daily life. Grey or black colour may be the reason for exclusion from the elite space, and that makes sense in some spaces. ‘Who are …
Krispin Joseph Px Kochi Muziris Biennale brings artists and art projects from marginalised communities. That representation is less than they want and the same as what they get in other regions of social visibility. Many underrepresented subjects are exhibited in this Biennale, and doubtful about who represents these subjects. Elite-class people and artists representing the …
Krispin Joseph PX Venetian merchant Marco Polo’s (1253-1324) book ‘the customs of the kingdoms of India shared a fabulous array of stories from sailors and merchants about peoples of the region, some reliable, some wholly implausible, but all fascinating about the Indian subcontinent. In the first chapter of the book ‘Hormuz, Persia and the Land …
The opening of this year’s edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale has been postponed. The Kochi Biennale Foundation team announced the news via social media last night, just before the event was due to open its doors – citing a variety of organizational challenges, compounded by external factors, including ongoing structural repair work and bad …
Kochi-Muziris Biennale opening postponed at the last hour Read More »
Kochi-Muziris Biennale from the year of its inception in 2012 has been a platform for 400 works by over 350 artists from across the world. It has hosted two million visitors in its four preceding editions so far. This year, in December 2022, the Biennale is gearing up for its fifth edition with a mission …
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-23: Artists to look out for Read More »
Port Muziris is one of India’s greatest archaeological findings of the 21st century. The port is no myth, we have conclusive evidence for its existence, yet it remains surrounded by grand historical, often hyperbolic, narratives. The Kochi-Muziris Biennale has always maintained that it is as much about the art as it is about its host …
The pandemic had led to the rescheduling of the 2020 edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale to the dismay of artists and art aficionados around the world. Kerala became one of the worst hit states during the Covid 19 outbreak and went through a turbulent period. Now the pandemic clouds have cleared and the Biennale is …
The Kochi-Muziris Biennale is Back After a Covid Induced Hiatus Read More »
Abir Pothi explores the seamless ‘everywhereness’ and dreamlike quality of Kerala-based contemporary artist Sosa Joseph Indian contemporary artist Sosa Joseph was born on December 23, 1971, in Parumala, a small village in southern Kerala, where she was raised in a house right by the river. “For us, it all began with the river. It flowed through …
Between reality and fantasy: The magic of the mundane on Sosa Joseph\’s canvases Read More »
Abir Pothi presents Room For More Art —a series of features on interior designers across geographic boundaries, discussing with them the nuances of their profession, their methods of sourcing and projecting art into their work, the challenges they face, and a whole lot more perspective. Rahul Nair: Exploring the power of art and architecture to …
Art breathes life into spaces, says architect Rahul Nair on Room For More Art Read More »
