This was a really cool video about contemporary Indian artists. The video gave a brief description of each artists work and what it was about. All of them had something to do with their own culture and many used materials and gathered information from the more impoverished areas regions of India. For example one artist weaved scrap metal she salvaged from junks yards to create organic basket like objects/shapes. It was interesting to see how some of the themes which the artists focused/incorporated in their work were very similar to themes I've seen in art all over the world. For example the environment and the reinterpretation of traditional objects and images. Bharit Kher took the dots women put on their foreheads they're called Bindi, and used them to create images and even covered sculptures of animals commonly associated with India with Bindi (for example the Elephant). The art was very compelling I really recommend watching the video.
The artists in the video were
- Bharti Kher (second image)
- A. Balasubramaniam
- Chitra Ganesh
- Jitish Kallat
- N.S. Harasha
- Dhruvi Acharya
- Raqib Shaw
- Raqs Media Collective
- Subodh Gupta
- Ranjani Shettar (first image)
If you're interested in watching the video here's the link: http://www.ted.com/talks/ravin_agrawal_10_young_indian_artists_to_watch.html
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