18 as ian art Pro ile ebruary 2010 AsiAn Art newsPAPer: iay i ad ak abu yu a ch? w yu gay da pag cupu? whm yu gay uc ? Jh Kaa: I wnt to t school t th Si J.J. School o at nd ws dwn s mch to th xmpls within th visl ts lm s I ws to mss mdi , dvtising, tc. I did m ba in pinting nd vn tod hold th pintd img s v potnt vhicl to c ids. M l t inncs w th wid, coving vst nm o tists, coss gntions nd continnts. bt I wold s it ws lso th st on V, th ill ods, nd th mss nd gim o on’s nighohood tht hgl stimltd m pctic. AAn: wh a yu maj h? wh yu pvy cvd by audc ad yu cc mmday ad dd ha ma yu? JK: M fst mjo solo show, ntitld P.T.O., opnd t Gll Chmold (now Chmold Pscott rod) in 1997 whn I ws ll o twnt-th s old. Showing with Gll Chmold ws hg pivilg s it is on Indi’ s oldst gllis, hs n instmntl in shping th cos o contmpo Indin t nd p ntil thn th hd onl wokd with tists who w in t hi lt thitis o old. T dck om th show ws ntstic. AAn: wh yu a makg k h a ga gba audc md, d yu mak k ha a ga gba gcac, a yu ccd h ca u ad ca ggaphy? JK: ist o ll o do not gin mking wok with spcifc di nc whth locl o glol. bsids tms sch s ‘locl’ nd ‘glol’ not sol t ini s n mo. T cn sd in n cdmic discos, t th hold littl vl , xcpt phps s m tools o dsciption, whil o ctll mking wok in th stdio. AAn: D yu k yu a ccuy cag a y ad a aguag yu k ida, a cx hch h a pac aady? A yu uy ga ha ? JK: In tod’s wold th notion o th ‘ntil oiginl’ is not jst n impossil position, t lso n nintsting on. at tim whn oth knowldg nd xpinc gos thogh intns intding with th vitl, clt will podc in xciting, hid ws. M wok wold pol niq onl vit o th ct tht it dos not min igid in psit o solt oiginlit nd instd coms xil pocssing fld to ngg with nd disntngl th million signls tht nt m sstm v d. AAn: wha mva yu k? wh kg a h pc ca ad amb pag k h Untitled (Eclipse) ad h h haug hmag Mahama Gadh h Public Notice 2, jy h cdb cdc uch k, ha ad yu uch da ad uch k? Ad d yu hk ca amp yu mag? JK: I otn s tht th cit stt is m nivsit. On fnds ll th thms o li nd t – pin, hppinss, ng, violnc nd compssion – pld ot h in ll volm. Scl is ml on o th mn tools on cn dplo in th ction o mning, nd dcisions sch s ig, smll, lisiz, tc., s mch cts o mning ction s th m tinl o sthtic considtions. AAn: wh yu h pg a h Hauch V, ld 2010, a yu addg da? A yu k a dpau m h ca ad amb pvu k yu m a yu k vvg a h m? JK: M othcoming solo show ntitld Te Astronomy of the Subway shs svl thmtic links with li woks, t th ids hv gon thogh lot o -invntion. Ts cid owd in pics which qit vid om ch oth sch s Annexation, wh n intictl ttd sclpt o n ovsizd lck ld kosn stov cis ov 100 imgs on it; ths clld om th poch o th Victoi mins ilding wh th dcotiv chitctl izs c svl imgs o nimls dvoing ch oth nd clinging onto dint things, lik pot o ood o nch o gps. Ti s is not nlik th dil gind o svivl tht this poch witnsss vd. y t noth oom will hv on lg, mlti-pt photopic titld Te Cry of the Gland with 108 clos shots o popl’s pockts shot on th stts, ch on lging lik odil potsion, ldn with psonl possssions loosl ttchd to th od. In noth oom will dol hight vido pojction tht will simlt jon thogh spc whin plnt nd stll omtions, glctic clsts nd nl plcd hndds o x- scns o ood. Tis dk, cptic, hpnotic spc whn viwd littl long cn gin to pp lik oting clll omtions, sspndd tmos tc. mophing th insids o th od with th dk, indtmint cosmic spc nd voking notions o sstnnc, svivl nd motlit tht hv n consistnt within m pctic o th lst 15 s. AAn: Ca yu dcu m h h k cudd h T Amy h subay’ ? JK: T show is spd coss som svn ooms nd ths lmost stctd lik plll pojcts. o instnc, in th sm spc s annxtion th photopics ntitld Chlorophyll Park (Mutatis Mutandis) . ech pi c will scn o stt whin ll tcs o sphlt hv n plcd whtgss. T gss, gown in th stdio nd docmntd lik ognisd stdio shots, is thn compositd into ndom cndid stt shots. at on l vl ths pp lik sddn invsion o nt, with noishing whtgss tking on th lck mc stt; t noth lvl I m lso intstd in th thtning nd poclptic lmnt in ths imgs. elswh in svn- pt, lnticl photopic ntitld Aspect Ratio, th svn colos o th inow nd th img o Mmi stt will contin to ick, nd lso ip nd ltnt twn ing t colo nd hving n img o th stt mg om it, s on wlks pst th wok o vn i on movs in ont o it. T pintings ntitld Haemoglyphics (Te Archipelago of Aches) pp lik lg roschch inklots, nd hld in th moths o onz ggols. Ts ctions o thos ond top th Victoi mins ilding; th sclptl lmnts in annxtion lso ncd om th sm ilding, which is th nv cnt o t h Mmi mto. AAn: H a yu cvd ida by h a audc ad h cc ak ad h a ca dfc h a eupa, v a Amca audc, p yu k m a ida ? D yu k aa ac c? JK: T notion o tnsltion coss continnts is on o th dvnts nd plss o contmpo t tod. I njo th w twoks gin nd shd mning coss ving dmogph nd gogph; s n tist on povids th woks with som vitl ingdints with which it contins to ngg nd dilog with th wold coss tim nd spc. AAn: M gay, a cvg h a dv ida ? w a a aa h ca cma ad v h ubc, bu h a ag uch cuua ga. A h audc ady udad h vy df mag cmpay a hu a much ad? JK: Contmpo t in Indi contins to viwd smll t st gowing commnit o popl who om th t wold. It wold i ssssmnt to s tht th cicmnc o th t wold is gowing t t tht ws hd to imgin dcd go. W hv to not tht th contmpo t movmnt gind its momntm onl in th lst w dcds so popl t to cqi th tools to ndstnd J i t is h Kal la t Jitish Kallat with the sculpture ‘Annexation’ from the forthcoming Haunch of Venison London solo exhibition by Rajesh Punj witH tHe olD mp camg a ga da a m vg a duu gy ad a c, ida a hav h h umu h pg ld. A adg gh h dyamc h Mumba-bad a Jh Kaa. rgadd h va pag pchd gagy ad h k b b cud a ckha ad pum uck, Kaa pvy gd by bh h pvy ad h pg h ghbuhd. Horrorifcabilitudinitatibus (2008-2009), 132 inches x 318 inches and 21inches x 13 inches x 11 inches, acrylic and glitter on canvas, bronze Haemoglyphics (2009), oil and acrylic on linen, 74 x 144 inches