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Journalism of Courage
Emerging artists have made bold statements at the United Art Fair.
Even till two in the afternoon on Thursday,Hall no. 12 and 12A at Pragati Maidan had too much going on. The streets as the winding passages in the halls are being called had assumed names such as Nandlal Bose Street,Amrita Sher-Gil Street,FN Souza Street,and so on. A few installations towered comfortably near the entrance,while some others startled an unwitting observer at abrupt turnings. One could see an artist or two fixing their works with feverish dedication and urgency. In about three hours,the Capital was to witness the inauguration of the debut edition of United Art Fair,which is being pitched as an artist-driven art forum.
In another part of the hall,graphic illustrations by Chennai-based Gaman Palem bring together Indian and western popular graphic stories of the Ramayana and Superman,merging them together and calling them Hum Kale Hai Toh Kya Hua?.
Hard-hitting truths have taken the form of sculptures such as Death,created by Kolkata-based Gargee Ghosh,depicting pairs of blood-stained feet bound by a rope,and installations such as Patna-based Vishan Kumars oil on canvas called 100 Rs. per kg,which comments on inflation and corruption.
