Exhibition
What is it?
14 Mar 2016 – 30 Apr 2016
Address
- 10 Alserkal Avenue
- Street 8 - Al Quoz 1
- Dubai
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
About
Portraiture becomes a trajectory of inquiry into the layers that constitute aesthetics, conceptual thought and the politics of artistic practice. 'What is it?' was Mathew Brady's travelling photographic studio that introduced the magic of the photo to rural American audiences, and is a question still asked in the realm of an art fair. Portraiture has been a constant in the vocabulary of the visual arts in subcontinent dating back to the earliest know Jain Miniatures. Western Classical academic practice introduced portraiture in colonial era art schools that dealt with the subjects anatomy and perspective but soon the practice was incorporated into forming diverse narratives that are encountered in the exhibition.
With works by
Bani Abidi
Bhupen Khakhar
Bose Krishnamachari
Chittrovanu Mazumdar
Mithu Sen
Mohammed Kazem
Raqs Media Collective
Shibu Natesan
Sudarshan Shetty
Vikram Divecha
Yogesh Barve
Zied Ben Romhande