zones of contact: propositions on the museum
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Propositions on the Museum
Crad b
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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bcm fd a ma dlld
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a cl r arc r a m a ca
drad xl. i a wrld c mra
ad rr c para, A Love Story
vall bcam a par The Sovereign Forest
2012.
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lmp The Sovereign Forest.
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cm r r a clla mv ad
ll ma, x, b, pampl, albm, mc,
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Dl, ida) a dpd
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wr nw Dl.
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wa wrr wa b rd, a alld
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cmplx, ad r plac r m w
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rac ad vbl lar rac ppl ida
da.
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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,
1997. Armar
al a acv mmbr
kj Ar Cllcv,
a cmprar ar
raa a
acla raal
ar dal ad ar
xca, ad a
cmpld rdc
a Jawaarlal nr
uvr, nw Dl,
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
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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
CpdCaprad dacad ml rm Cmm
Par ida la 1940 b cd w
maara ad call cmmd ar pracc.
Caprad al addrd rba m dpc
mra c c a l acr wrr ad
crc labrr a r vllar ravll
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
ar, dd a Ca
gvrm Cll,
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Cmm Par
ida 1940, wr a
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ad prpaada maral
ad parcpa acv
razd b i. P. t. A.
h pwrl blac ad w
draw ad w
acc ravl am
rc ara 1943-44 wr
pbld Cmm Par
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Hungry Bengal, br
call ad plcall ad
ar pracc prmc. h
llrad vral b r
cldr, cld The Kingdom
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
Mm sdZahid sharab peene de masjid main baith kar
ya wo jaga bata de jahan par khuda na ho
Mama sd q abv cpl b Mrza
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
rm dr m prd ad clr pla w wrd pr - rm xca dr
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.
Mama a al a ar
var ar , aml
t naal Cll Ar,
Lar; Bac naal
uvr, Lar; id Vall
scl Ar ad Arccr,
karac; ad Macr
Mrpla uvr, elad.
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rp w cld
Fa Aa Ar tral,
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gallr, elad, a Apx Ar
nw yr ad kall
Frdrcam, kal, grma.
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
JAL 472 Daa. t a cld a Amrca
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
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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.
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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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r PwBr da wr a ap ad ac
maar/ mar, prlmar rma a
fm a b work. t a br wr
b a a rpl w arcal,
mbddd dlca rm ad bcr maral.
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
ac rad, ad . t wr
capla vwr xpca a ar wr.
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ad xprc. t cm crav prc
rma a bcr bjc dr a ca vr
q b xd, a alwa ld vwr. hw d
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?
i a wr a b a ll l (r pad
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
rv awlt r-ar l jr s gjara, ld
dar rc ida cm. uar
vbl wrr ida, w c vr 90
prc rmal wr rc, paradxcall al
ld a w q ar ma d.
t wrr cldd damd cr, crc
wrr, ad drdr, arca wrr, xl
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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Zones of ContaCt
Pp Mm
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA)
Prdcd ad pbld ida Jaar 2013 b
Pl 3-A, scr 126, nda, ida
tl: 011-49160000
www.knMA.
All rights reserved.
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m r ramd, a rm r b a ma, lcrc,
mcacal, pcp, rcrd r rw, w prr
prm pblr.
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