In Memoriam: K. G. Subramanyan (1924–2016)
Commissioned and published for documenta 14 As the days pass by And you gain in years The past does not keep you captive. —K. G. Subramanyan, from “A Near Vision” (Poems: Rhymes of Recall, Seagull Books, 2014) A visionary artist and pedagogue has departed after tireless decades of teaching, making, and sharing time. It was … Continue reading
In Memoriam: Lala Rukh (1948–2017)
Commissioned and published for documenta 14 Lala Rukh, Rupak (2016), drawings from a series of eighty-eight, installation view, Athens Conservatoire (Odeion), Athens, documenta 14, 2017, photo: Mathias Völzke During a visit to Lahore in September 2015, we converged in Lala’s home; the door to her backyard garden lay open and a light breeze drifted in. … Continue reading
Hearings: A Reader at Contour Biennale 8
The Contour Biennale 8, Polyphonic Worlds: Justice as Medium, brings together twenty-five international and local artists and art collectives working in lens-based media, sound, performance, drawing, and installation, to address questions related to the nation-state system and the realm of justice today. Taking place in Mechelen, Belgium, “Polyphonic Worlds” embraces the communal spirit of the … Continue reading
Corruption: Everybody Knows
Moyra Davey, Assets, 1989. C-print, 30 x 40 in. Courtesy the artist and Murray Guy. Corruption accesses the state body as both a natural and mystical corpus, eventually producing a third phantom body—corrosive and self-extending—emitting from an inside as techniques of social performance, bureaucratic desire, and conversion in the very terms of ethical life. A … Continue reading
Natasha Ginwala: Work and Writing 