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 AsiAn Art newsPAPer: iay i ad ak abu yu a ch? w yu gay da pag cupu? whm yu gay uc ? Jh Kaa: I wnt to t school t th Si J.J.School o at nd ws dwn s mch to thxmpls within th visl ts lm s I wsto mss mdi, dvtising, tc. I did m ba inpinting nd vn tod hold th pintd img

s v potnt vhicl to c ids. M l t inncs w th wid, coving  vst nm o tists, coss gntions ndcontinnts. bt I wold s it ws lso th st on V, th illods, nd th mss nd gimo on’s nighohood tht hgl stimltdm pctic.

  AAn: wh a yu maj h? wh yu pvy cvd by audcad yu cc mmday ad dd ha ma yu?

 JK: M fst mjo solo show, ntitld P.T.O.,opnd t Gll Chmold (now ChmoldPscott rod) in 1997 whn I ws ll o twnt-th s old. Showing with Gll Chmold ws hg pivilg s it is onIndi’s oldst gllis, hs n instmntl inshping th cos o contmpo Indin tnd p ntil thn th hd onl wokd with

tists who w in thi lt thitis o old. T dck om th show ws ntstic.

  AAn: wh yu a makg k h a ga gba audc md, d yu mak

 k ha a ga gba gcac, a yu ccd h ca u adca ggaphy?

 JK:ist o ll o do not gin mking wok  with spcifc dinc whth locl o glol.bsids tms sch s ‘locl’ nd ‘glol’ notsolt inis n mo. T cn sd inn cdmic discos, t th hold littl vl,xcpt phps s m tools o dsciption, whil o ctll mking wok in th stdio.

 AAn: D yu k yu a ccuy cag a y ad a aguag yu k ida, a cx hch h a   pac aady? A yu uy ga

ha ? JK: In tod’s wold th notion o th ‘ntil oiginl’ is not jst n impossil position, tlso n nintsting on. at tim whn othknowldg nd xpinc gos thogh intnsintding with th vitl, clt willpodc in xciting, hid ws. M wok  wold pol niq onl vit o th ct tht it dos not min igid in psito solt oiginlit nd instd coms

xil pocssing fld to ngg with nd

disntngl th million signls tht nt m sstm v d.

 AAn: wha mva yu k? whkg a h pc ca ad amb  pag k h Untitled (Eclipse) ad h h haug hmag Mahama Gadh h Public Notice 2, jy hcdb cdc uch k, ha ad yu uch da ad uch k? Add yu hk ca amp yu mag?

 JK: I otn s tht th cit stt is m nivsit. On fnds ll th thms o lind t – pin, hppinss, ng, violnc ndcompssion – pld ot h in ll volm.Scl is ml on o th mn tools oncn dplo in th ction o mning, nddcisions sch s ig, smll, lisiz, tc., smch cts o mning ction s th m tinl o sthtic considtions.

AAn: wh yu h pg a hHauch V, ld 2010, a

 yu addg da? A yu ka dpau m h ca ad amb  pvu k yu m a yu kvvg a h m?

 JK: M othcoming solo show ntitld Te  Astronomy of the Subway shs svl thmticlinks with li woks, t th ids hv

gon thogh lot o -invntion. Ts

cid owd in pics which qit vid om ch oth sch s Annexation, wh n intictl ttd sclpt o novsizd lck ld kosn stov cisov 100 imgs on it; ths clld omth poch o th Victoi mins ilding wh th dcotiv chitctl izs c svl imgs o nimls dvoing choth nd clinging onto dint things, lik pot o ood o nch o gps. Tis is notnlik th dil gind o svivl tht this poch witnsss vd. yt noth oom will hvon lg, mlti-pt photopic titld Te Cryof the Gland  with 108 clos shots o popl’spockts shot on th stts, ch on lginglik odil potsion, ldn with psonlpossssions loosl ttchd to th od.

In noth oom will dol hight vido pojction tht will simlt jon thogh spc whin plnt nd stll

omtions, glctic clsts nd nl plcd hndds o x- scns o ood. Tis dk, cptic, hpnotic spc whn viwd littl long cn gin to pp lik otingclll omtions, sspndd tmos tc.mophing th insids o th od with thdk, indtmint cosmic spc nd vokingnotions o sstnnc, svivl nd motlit tht hv n consistnt within m pctico th lst 15 s.

 AAn: Ca yu dcu m h h  k cudd h T Amy hsubay’ ?

 JK: T show is spd coss som svnooms nd ths lmost stctd likplll pojcts. o instnc, in th sm spcs annxtion th photopics ntitldChlorophyll Park (Mutatis Mutandis). ech pic will scn o stt whin ll tcs o 

sphlt hv n plcd whtgss. Tgss, gown in th stdio nd docmntdlik ognisd stdio shots, is thn compositdinto ndom cndid stt shots. at on lvlths pp lik sddn invsion o nt, with noishing whtgss tking on thlck mc stt; t noth lvl I m lsointstd in th thtning nd poclptic

lmnt in ths imgs. elswh in svn-

pt, lnticl photopic ntitld Aspect Ratio, th svn colos o th inow nd th imgo Mmi stt will contin to ick,nd lso ip nd ltnt twn ing t colo nd hving n img o th sttmg om it, s on wlks pst th wok ovn i on movs in ont o it.

 T pintings ntitld Haemoglyphics (Te  Archipelago of Aches) pp lik lg roschchinklots, nd hld in th moths o onzggols. Ts ctions o thos ondtop th Victoi mins ilding; thsclptl lmnts in annxtion lsoncd om th sm ilding, which is thnv cnt o th Mmi mto.

 AAn: H a yu cvd ida by ha audc ad h cc ak ad ha ca dfc h a eupa, va Amca audc, p yu k

m a ida ? D yu k aa  ac c? JK: T notion o tnsltion coss continntsis on o th dvnts nd plss o contmpo t tod. I njo th w twoks gin nd shd mning coss vingdmogph nd gogph; s n tist onpovids th woks with som vitl ingdints with which it contins to ngg nd dilog with th wold coss tim nd spc.

 AAn: M gay, a cvg ha dv ida ? w a a aa h ca cma ad v h ubc, bu h a ag uch cuua ga. A h audcady udad h vy df mag cmpay a hu amuch ad?

 JK: Contmpo t in Indi contins to

 viwd smll t st gowing commnit o popl who om th t wold. It wold i ssssmnt to s tht th cicmnco th t wold is gowing t t tht wshd to imgin dcd go. W hv to nottht th contmpo t movmnt gindits momntm onl in th lst w dcds sopopl t to cqi th tools to ndstnd

Jitish Kallat

 Jitish Kallat with the sculpture ‘Annexation’ from the forthcoming Haunch of Venison London solo exhibition

by Rajesh Punj

 witH tHe olDmp camg a ga da a m vg a   duu gy ad a c, idaa hav h h umuh pg ld. A adg gh  h dyamc hMumba-bad a 

 Jh Kaa. rgadd h va pagpchd gagy adh k bb cud ackha ad pumuck, Kaa pvy gd by bh hpvy ad h pg h ghbuhd.

Horrorifcabilitudinitatibus (2008-2009), 132 inches x 318 inches and 21inches x 13 inches x 11 inches,

acrylic and glitter on canvas, bronze

Haemoglyphics (2009), oil and acrylic on linen, 74 x 144 inches

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t. On k dmpn is th visil snc

o n nlightnd, dl viw clt inth minstm mdi; s slt th plict lg mins dtchd nd somwht tillitt. In th lst w s, th ocs o this mdi hs n on som sot o vcosclit citing so most shows wittn otin th pt pgs o th nwspps. Ts som o dngos smptoms o commnit d on dit o lit V nd ‘song-n-dnc’cinm, wh vn th k nwspp ndnws chnnls on V gin to ct skwd,nl vsion o lit.

anw to nsw o qstion,contmpo t mins nich disciplin whn compd to th impct o minstmcinm o tlvision on th gnl plic.bsids th popltion t lg minpoccpid with pssing chllngs o svivl, o whom mss cinm nd tlvisionct s vntiltos to momntil scp om

th hsh lit o dil li.

 AAn: rtug t th k Pubc ntc, hat d yu mak Gadh ? D yuthk h ad hs ambts ida  dd ida a hm? Ad subsquty th thst mv tad a tchgy ch cutuad a bmg cmy, s ida ag hm

aga, hs dams aays mpssb

ad gssv? JK: Gndhi is mssiv fg whos spchsnd witing om som o th ondtionltxts o th ntion stt. H sd smols, wods, ctions lik n tist t pcis momntsto wkn n nti scontinnt to stnd pginst n oppssiv invd sing th mostimgintiv tool o non-violnt disodinc.In tod’s to-inctd wold, wh wsginst to oght t pim tlvisiontim, voics sch s Gndhi’s st ck t slik discdd lics.

Indi is not iling Gndhi with its oomingconom. Gndhi ws not nti-pospit, t thgowing inqitis twn ich nd poo doscll o dicl mol nd socil tnsomtion.

 AAn: wh d yu g m h? what matts that mght t hav mattdb? fay d yu k yu hav

succdd th hat yu atd t d a yu skg m m yu pactc? JK: I Whol spok ot 15 mints o m,I wold s th occptionl hzd o ingn tist is tht o onl njo 15 mints o stisction. T compltion o pic o pojct is m stopov, ps in v longndlss xpdition...

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Artist Making Local Call (2005), digital print on vinyl mesh, 95 x 411 inches. Edition of 3 + 1 AP

365 Lives (2007), C-Prints, 48.2 cm X 71.8 cm, (x 365 prints)Public Notice- 2 (2007), Resin, 4,479 sculptural units (display dimensions variable)

Aquasuarus (2008)

resin paint, steel,

100 x 271 x 106 in.