SUBODH GUPTA
b. 1964 Works in Delhi
Irresistable Attack; video still
Gupta's works combine a theatrical sense of scale with a performative
aspect, be it his own or that of the audience, be it literal or subtly
implied. By videotaping his own ritualistic actions, by delineating
spaces in which to perform, by directing participatory aesthetic events,
or by crafting dramatic ensembles of objects and images, Gupta has
attempted to create an art that seeps beyond its own borders. His
art seeks to energise all that we encounter and force us to re-evaluate
our own aesthetic parameters. He has found a way to speak of the local
to the global and to teach the disenfranchised the language of the
empowered.
(Excerpt from Peter Nagy, September 2001) |
