The other Freud’s Mother
Many artists have done portraits of their mothers. Memorable portraits of mothers include Whistler's, Rembrandt’s, Ashile Gorky's and...
Body-scapes
When Steven Spielberg's movie Inner-space came out in 1987, we all were inspired by this micro-macro idea of going into body's interiors,...
Reflected essence
Nature has an essence to its totality. This is not merely a sociopolitical or an esthetical aspect for the observer and the explorer....
Connectivity
The bridge Project The river near to my childhood home in Kerala, India, did not have a bridge across. I grew up crossing it in a boat....
Analysis Paralysis
Many ask questions like, ‘do you think about an idea before you paint,’ or ‘what inspires you?’ The most common one is, ‘how long will...
Spiral Time
There is evidence that speakers of Aymara of the high Andes, now in Bolivia and Peru, think of time differently than everyone else in the...
Enter and Transform
Here is an earlier draft of a concept note for a past solo show called 'Entrances', which I did in Irving Arts Center, Texas US, in 2007....
Water Striders
Water striders are able to walk on water. They use the surface tension of water and their long, hydrophobic legs to help them stay above....
Cultural Humility
There was a talk by Okwui Enwezor, an eminent writer, curator and artistic director of Venice Biennale 2015, who was in town for the...
ObjeKt-Mundane
I curated a group show of four artists in February 2014 at the Durbar Hall in Kochi, south of India. Its a great gallery space of...