Islamic Last Supper

In “Last Supper – Gaza”, artist Vivek Vilasini concentrates on social structures in the Indian society. His photograph shows women wearing a chador, depicting the last supper. Vilasini has turned apostles into prophets of islam. The bread, used to symbolize the body of Christ, is now accompanied by pomegranates: the fruit that symbolizes fertility, but that is also associated with death because of its intense red color (the grenade-bomb was named after this fruit).



Vivek Vilasini: Last Supper - Gaza, 2008.



Bones of Kallat

We’d like to introduce you to Indian Mumbai based artist Jitish Kallat: Kallat –whose  work includes various media such as photography, video, painting and sculpture - often uses bones (don’t worry they’re fiberglass, nobody was dug up) in his works. His piece “Public Notice 2” recalls the historic speech delivered by Mahatma Gandhi  on the eve of the renowned Salt March. In this speech, the Mahatma called  for complete civil disobedience, but also for  non-violence and peace. The work, which exists out of 4500 bone shaped letters, stands in haunting contrast to the call for peace.

Jitish Kallat "Public Notice 2"

Kallat is also known for his collection of ‘bone cars’: various cars and trucks all made out of fiberglass bone.  Like “Public Notice 2” these cars are simply haunting.  Anyone who’s familiar with Indian traffic can understand these works

Jitish Kallat: Auto-rickshaw

Jitish Kallat: bone car

The Indian underground scene

We'd like you to meet two key players in the contemporary Indian underground scene: Karsh Kale and the Midival Punditz.
Karsh Kale is an Indian musician, producer, composer, world renowned tabla player, but most importantly: the pioneer of the Indian underground genre. Kale is known for mixing various genres, such as electronic, ambient and Indian classical folk music.
The Midival Punditz -Kale's partner in crime-  is an Indian fusion group consisting of Delhi-based Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj. Their style revolves around electronic, jungle and features traditional Indian instruments such as the tabla and sitar.