tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872146559118935939.post5764140187465940007..comments2024-03-13T17:00:57.265+05:30Comments on By All Means Necessary: Freezing at a Frost Moment of ‘The Road Taken’JohnyMLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05854530824953334475noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872146559118935939.post-28531911621399072172010-09-23T21:00:24.398+05:302010-09-23T21:00:24.398+05:30Quick note from the artist's studio:
"w...Quick note from the artist's studio: <br /><br />"world that is terrorized by money, power and technology" are not words linked to this show, the artist's statement nor the press release. This is an opinion of the blogger.<br /><br />Please read here for the description/point of departure for the works:<br />http://ny.artslant.com/ind/events/show/114293-the-road-taken<br /><br />Otherwise very much like the blog, keep up the good work. Best regards.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869238401543693513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872146559118935939.post-5584640503525837032010-09-09T08:36:47.687+05:302010-09-09T08:36:47.687+05:30My dear Lotus Eater,
I loved that one...I too wis...My dear Lotus Eater,<br /><br />I loved that one...I too wish that I don't leave any turn 'unstoned'! I wish I could bring all those Shavian witticism into my writing.<br /><br />At times I feel that critics are like GBS, who stand on a soap box in the middle of Hyde Park and speak to the world about eternity.<br /><br />Good to speak to you....<br /><br />jmlJohnyMLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05854530824953334475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872146559118935939.post-31829813957253792212010-09-08T11:56:03.901+05:302010-09-08T11:56:03.901+05:30"world that is terrorized by money, power and..."world that is terrorized by money, power and technology"<br /><br />If that is the point of departure for viewing the works, i have to agree with Gopika; The works are weak - almost a WTF moment! And the very idea, a logical fallacy in itself. <br /><br />Aesthetically i have no problem with the works though. Except that one wonders the compulsions that seduced the artist to use images of automobiles that were contemporary in the sixties,i.e. Warhol used images that were contemporary to his world, what stopped FK from using the new Beetle, or a Mercedes 500 SL 2010 edition in his works? That i feel constrained my engagement with his works above its current level. The references are ok with me, but not 'contemporarising' the images precludes it from being seen as a sign of OUR times. But again, that is the baggage i have to personally deal while viewing this work.<br /><br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />GBS once said ( about drama critics) "A critic is one who leaves no turn unstoned" <br />Just go for it bro, Bash on Regardless!!LotusEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08593429986716668323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872146559118935939.post-79298286028930976322010-09-07T09:09:40.415+05:302010-09-07T09:09:40.415+05:30@ Megha, Thank you very much for commenting. You a...@ Megha, Thank you very much for commenting. You are right. I was talking only about my dilemma. And I was trying to explain it with a few images. Good. I never said Fawad's works are bad.<br /><br />@ Gopika Nath, Thanks Gopika, you must be remembering how I responded to your blog post where you brought Shilpa and Nilima together for a discussion. My post was not a similar attempt. I was thinking aloud why I was not able to go out of those set of works which are already in my mind..Anyway...Good that we are discussing. Once again thanks for your response....<br /><br />jmlJohnyMLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05854530824953334475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872146559118935939.post-81641954462527694612010-09-06T22:43:46.714+05:302010-09-06T22:43:46.714+05:30jml, i must admit that i read the facebook comment...jml, i must admit that i read the facebook comments first - and wondered what had caused the passionate reactions...i don't get what the fuss is about! you have taken a personal/individual tone from the begining of the article to the very end - no sweeping statements and no allegations, just wondered what is missing that is leaving you unmoved - with references of works that spring to your mind which had similar imagery - fair enough i think! <br />the reactions do bring about an interesting topic of discussion - one of similarities and originality in artists /artworks...i keep thinking of eliot's 'tradition and the individual talent' here...<br /><br />p.s. i would be unhappy if it was my show and i quite like the images i see here :-)megha joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05323173642217338308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872146559118935939.post-7960287637625797502010-09-06T11:23:16.220+05:302010-09-06T11:23:16.220+05:30Johny the world is so big and look at the total po...Johny the world is so big and look at the total population of the world. it is said that there are at list 7 people having same kind of faces in different part of the world. so i believe that there must be many people knowingly unknowingly having same kind of mind set and mantel process, and it is natural. <br />i will give you an example of my own experience. <br />before last 2 weeks i was in Delhi enjoying a project of my artist friend Manjunath Kamat. it was an wounderfull experience seeing Manjunath using gallery wall as his sketchbook and doing spontaneous drawing on gallery walls, consciously and unconsciously. i enjoyed good time witnessing it. fare enough. <br />when i was back to my studio one fine day my friend, artist from Sweden Ossian Theselius me an information of a Brazilian artist Blu. when i visit his link i was shock to see the work of artist Blu. so immediate i massage this link to Manjunath. seeing this link Manjunath kamat happily called me and said Somu thanks for passing this information. as he was seeing an artist work how has same kind of mantel process. and not only that Manju told me that he is seeing something that he wants to do. <br />i was so happy to see Manjunath enjoying an work of an artist who has same kind of process. my respect toward Manjunath has grown much higher on his broad mentality. <br />so there will be somebody somewhere doing something exactly like you or maybe much batter then you, but why to fight with it? and try to change something in what you r doing. <br />if an artist is having honest process in his work then he/her does not have to think if his work is alike another artist. <br />Thanks<br />Somu DesaiSomu Desaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06802621269483843608noreply@blogger.com