'India's Kochi-Muziris Biennale has been described as one of the most significant newly emergent biennales, alongside Shanghai, Sharjah and Dakar. However, there have been few sustained and critical studies of these events as specific sites of production and reception of contemporary art. This book, engaging with the Kochi Biennale, provides detailed examination of what the editors term as the 'biennale effect' — a layered contestation of place, economics, art and politics. It presents a close reading of the unique context of the biennale as well as sets out a broader critical framework for understanding global contemporary art and its effects. ' - excerpt from the cover page
Onsite
English
2017
277
9781138281332
1
anthology
Introduction - Robert E. D’SOUZA
Part I: Is art enough?
The Indian biennale effect - Robert E. D’SOUZA
The making of the Indian artscape - Dhritabrata Bhattacharjya TATO
'The Biennale was not the issue': an interview with Riyas Komu - Riyas KOMU, Robert E. D’SOUZA, Sunil MANGHANI
The cultural politics of 'Whorled Explorations' - Ryan BISHOP
Part II: Making work
Making a biennale: Art Interrupted - Hattie BOWERING, Robert E. D’SOUZA, Sunil MANGHANI
Curation as dialogue: Jitish Kallat in conversation - Jitish KALLAT, Robert E. D’SOUZA, Sunil MANGHANI
Painterly explorations and the social gestus of contemporary art - Sunil MANGHANI
End of empire - Robert E. D’SOUZA
Part III: Beyond the event
'A people's biennale': a democracy of visual culture? - Sunil MANGHANI
Towards a new art education - Anannya MEHTTA
Regional effects: the rise of large-scale art events in South Asia - Amit Kumar JAIN
India's Biennale Effect: A Politics of Contemporary Art
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