1.
The urge to look at any glass surface to see one’s
own reflection. Most of the people who do window shopping in fact see their own
reflection than seeing the wares on display.
2.
People getting out of their cars with so much of
self importance.
3.
General behaviour of people in airports.
4.
Men and women wearing ill-fitting clothes for
the sake of being trendy.
5.
Women struggling with their stilettos and high
heels.
6.
People discussing things animatedly in cafes and
parties.
7.
Lovers fighting.
8.
Young married woman holding her husband’s hand
to cross the road. I wonder how she used to cross the road till yesterday.
9.
Girls trying to impress boys with their cool
talks.
10.
Boys trying to impress girls with their macho
acts.
11.
People eating and talking about the taste of
what they eat.
12.
Artists pretending that they are unaware of what
is happening around them, especially in the market.
13.
Artists saying that they have not seen their
pictures that have appeared on that day’s page 3.
14.
Artists saying that they are yet to read the
article in which they are mentioned.
15.
Some gallerists pretending to be intellectuals.
16.
Some artists doing obscure works.
17.
Logic of performance art in India.
18.
Reading jargon infested catalogue essays or
essays.
19.
Seminars.
20.
Indian sounding names exclusively selected for
residency programs, workshops and alternative practices. Rest of the
proceedings will be done in English except the name.
21.
Front row people amongst the audience in
seminars laughing and nodding their heads to impress the speaker.
22.
Disappearing of art history graduates from the
art scene. Where do they go?
23.
Artists claiming that they represent India in
foreign workshop or seminar.
24.
The last line of young artists’ bio-data, ‘works
are in national and international collections’.
25.
The superstition that JNU Arts and Aesthetics
Department students and teachers are better than the students and teachers in
other colleges and universities.
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