The Spirit Earns – I, II & III, 2013
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Plan, Elevation, Section (From the series Rabi-Kharif-Zaid), 2012
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The Spirit Earns – I, II & III, 2013
Brick grains and dust, size variable |
India is in the middle of one of the worst droughts in contemporary times. There have been several hundred deaths already related to this drought and the crisis appears to be worsening as the days progress.
The scarcity of water and the
resultant crop failures have been one of the primary causes for rural to urban
migration in India. An extremely large
number of rural migrant workers find unskilled employment in the construction
industry in urban India, as we continue to divert the countries resources (particularly
water) from rural to urban settlements.
The question that looms in front
of us is –
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Plan,
Elevation, Section (From
the series Rabi-Kharif-Zaid), 2012
Brick Dust on paper, 3 squares of
58cm x 58cm each
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Martand Khosla lives and works in New Delhi, India. His art practice explores urban continuity and transformation, as both complement and counter to his experience building in contemporary India. As an architect, Martand initially pursued art to explore how construction-fuelled employment shapes identities and nostalgia. Situated as both participant and observer, he employed tools of the State, such as the ubiquitous rubber stamp, to render its imprint on lives within traditional definitions of power and dispossession. Brick dust collected from his construction sites became a language of tension, allowing material to pay tribute to both the temporary and permanent, to construction and demolition.
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