India at the Venice Biennale: Collateral Events From and Beyond the Nation
Querol, Nuria (2020) India at the Venice Biennale: Collateral Events From and Beyond the Nation. Journal of Curatorial Studies, 9 (1). pp. 70-89. ISSN 2045-5836
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Abstract
iCon: India Contemporary (2005) was not only the first collateral event of India at the Venice Biennale, but it began as a bid to become a national pavilion – an ambition that was ultimately unsuccessful. Drawing on original research and interview data surrounding this exhibition, this article examines the collaborations and conflicts between private art institutions, artists and the state in the context of India’s participation at the Venice Biennale since the 2000s. The article foregrounds a transversal approach – that is, an analytical framework that unsettles the conventional dichotomy between national pavilions and collateral events – and demonstrates how commercial galleries and private art institutions have acquired an important role in the production and exhibition of Indian contemporary art in global biennial circuits.
Item Type: | Article |
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Identification Number: | 10.1386/jcs_00011_1 |
Dates: | Date Event 20 February 2020 Accepted 30 July 2020 Published Online |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Venice Biennale; art and globalization; collateral event; curating in India; exhibitions histories; iCon: India Contemporary; national pavilion |
Subjects: | CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-01 - creative arts and design > CAH25-01-02 - art CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-01 - creative arts and design > CAH25-01-05 - others in creative arts and design |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > College of Art and Design |
Depositing User: | Nuria Querol |
Date Deposited: | 18 May 2020 16:13 |
Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2022 15:59 |
URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/9209 |
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