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Aesthetic Bind | Floating World
Among several imaginaries conjured by the Floating World, there is cosmology and a revolving earth-world; oceanic flows and cartographic representation of the globe鈥檚 topography; and an incremental growth in migration, transmission and transcultural traffic.
[In art history, Floating World is known to be the translated designation of Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcut prints produced during 17th to 19th centuries in Edo/Tokyo for a wealthy trading class in liaison with courtesans, actors and eccentrics鈥攚ith themes extending also to landscapes, mythic tales and historical narratives.]
In the present exhibition, the sense of being afloat is diversely manifested: from the medieval Mappamundi in medallion form to a woven and wired world map; from parched earth-folds to river sacraments to the sail-and-tent of a voyager. From lofty cities to sleepers on the ground to paper scrolls that chart miniature homes or unravel a private life. From pendulum lamps to suspended texts鈥here is resilience, levitation and a passage across.
Artists: Dhruvi Acharya, Atul Bhalla, Jayashree Chakravarty, N S Harsha, Reena Saini Kallat, Desmond Lazaro, Lavanya Mani, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Nilima Sheikh & Fayaz Ahmad Jan, Hema Upadhyay
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Among several imaginaries conjured by the Floating World, there is cosmology and a revolving earth-world; oceanic flows and cartographic representation of the globe鈥檚 topography; and an incremental growth in migration, transmission and transcultural traffic.
[In art history, Floating World is known to be the translated designation of Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcut prints produced during 17th to 19th centuries in Edo/Tokyo for a wealthy trading class in liaison with courtesans, actors and eccentrics鈥攚ith themes extending also to landscapes, mythic tales and historical narratives.]
In the present exhibition, the sense of being afloat is diversely manifested: from the medieval Mappamundi in medallion form to a woven and wired world map; from parched earth-folds to river sacraments to the sail-and-tent of a voyager. From lofty cities to sleepers on the ground to paper scrolls that chart miniature homes or unravel a private life. From pendulum lamps to suspended texts鈥here is resilience, levitation and a passage across.
Artists: Dhruvi Acharya, Atul Bhalla, Jayashree Chakravarty, N S Harsha, Reena Saini Kallat, Desmond Lazaro, Lavanya Mani, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Nilima Sheikh & Fayaz Ahmad Jan, Hema Upadhyay
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