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The Empire Strikes Back: India Art Today
by R Jh
Jaishri Abichandani, Mansoor Ali, Kriti Arora, Huma Bhabha, Ajit Chauhan, Shezad Dawood, Atu Dodiya, Chitra Ganesh, Probir Gupta, Sakshi Gupta, Tushar Joag, Jitish Kallat, Reena Saini Kallat, Bharti Kher, Rajan Krishnan, Tallur L.N, vish math, Huma Mulji, Pushpamala N, Yamini Nayar, Justin Ponmany, Rajesh Ram, Rashid Rana, T.V. Santhosh, Schandra Singh, Hema Upadhyay, T. Venkanna at Saatchi Gallery January 29th, 2010 - May 7th, 2010
Posted 9/2/12

Presenting an art survey of another culture which happens to be a large portion of the minority ethnic group in the UK and even larger diaspora is brave, challenging, and much needed. Empire Strikes Back is a rousing effort to introduce and highlight the various innovative, prominent, and mischievous representations and methods of Indian artists producing work today. Profiling the work of 24 Indian artists - five of whom live and work in the UK and USA - we are led on a vast, sometimes macabre... [more]

Summer Group Show & Best of Graduates

by Andrea Alessi
Marijn Akkermans, Anna Bjerger, Jodie Carey, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Nik Christensen, Shezad Dawood, Bas Geerts, Noa Giniger, Aisling Hedgecock, Thomas Lerooy, Abner Preis, Eva Räder, Peter Schuyff, Davina Semo, Conrad Shawcross, Anoek Steketee, Coen Vunderink, Douglas White, Masao Yamamoto at Galerie Gabriel Rolt August 12th, 2011 - September 3rd, 2011
Posted 8/22/11

Current group shows at Jordaan-area galleries Gabriel Rolt and Ron Mandos don’t pretend to be anything other than compilations of artworks that the gallerists enjoy. In the case of the former, this categorization can be extended to “by artists the gallery represents or works with,” in the latter, “by recent art school graduates from around the Netherlands.” While I normally have little patience for post hoc themed group shows, neither of these galleries puts forth a theme for their exhi... [more]