Longlist 2011

Ashish Avikunthak

Ashish Avikunthak

Exhibition: Vakratunda Swaha
Venue: Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai

Ashish Avikunthak returns periodically to his personal footage archive and frequently uses the same images in different films. He treats his footage with the reverence an archaeologist might have for an excavated site.

Vishal K Dar

Vishal K Dar

Exhibition: BROWNation
Venue: Gallery Espace, New Delhi

The work in BROWNation draws on official government photographs and posters, virtual architectural images, and Bollywood and arthouse cinema.

Arunkumar H. G.

Arunkumar H. G.

Exhibition: Tract
Venue: Nature Morte, New Delhi

The recent works of Arunkumar H. G. explore the concept of land and all that it entails and elaborates upon: metaphors for the human and social bodies; questions of ownership and usage;

Pooja Iranna

Pooja Iranna

Exhibition: In the Waves and Underneath
Venue: Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi

Pooja Iranna’s images capture her impressions of the city she calls home, as it changes into a world she barely recognizes. She painstakingly constructs sculptures, made from staple pins, which echo grand modernist architectural forms.

Jitish Kallat

Jitish Kallat

Exhibition: Fieldnotes:Tomorrow was here Yesterday
Venue: Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai

Jitish Kallat has made several interventions within the space of the Bhau Daji Lad Museum: intricately carved bamboos that resemble scaffolding, a Tristan Tzara poem on the walls, neon-lit Roman numerals along with several seminal art works spanning his career.

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