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Vidya Kamat
Wish, I had stayed home
THE GUILD
The Guild Art Gallery is delighted to present
Wish, I had stayed home solo exhibition of Vidya Kamat
previewing on Thursday, December 1, 2011.
Contemporary cities and urban spaces have become
sites where the spectacular is staged relentlessly, saturating and
overloading our senses as though to drive us into incoherence. An
incoherence that helps us gloss over the disparities this excess
is generating. Spectacles of violence, greed, beauty, loss, hopes
and dreams are played out to entice and engulf you within the
tidal wave of conspicuous consumption. In this generated excess of
images, visuals and other stimuli, is there a possibility of
discovering an aesthetic paradigm? Or
in pursuit of excess, has the search for meaning become a futile
act?
In her recent body of works, Vidya Kamat explores
the landscape of excess and the loss of coherence.
Vidya Kamat holds a degree in fine arts and a
doctoral degree in Comparative Mythology. She is associated with
the University of Mumbai as an adviser and research scholar for
the subject of ancient Indian myth and culture.
Her art practice articulates the concern and
conflict of traditional Indian society that is coming to terms
with urban life. Kamat questions the role of myths and its
implications in current society that has instigated intolerance
and violence in modern India. Kamat’s select shows include solos
at The Guild – The Catalogue 2003, Re-write 2005,
and Tales from the Edge 2007 at The Guild, New York,
Palimpsests curated by Niru Ratnam, Aicon gallery New York; Through
Other Eyes: Contemporary Art from South Asia, curated by
Gerard Mermoz, Herbert Art gallery & Musuem,Coventry, England;
Indian Contemporary Art Palais Benedictine de Fecamp Paris,
curated by Ranjit Hoskote and Supriya Banerjee; Ethics
of Encounters, Contemporary art from India and Thailand,
Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok, curated by Pandit
Chanrochanakit and Brian Curtin; Changing
Skin
curated By Marta Jakimowicz; I
am a Saint, New
Delhi, curated by Johny ML; Intimate Lives,by
Anupa Mehta.
Until December 12. |
