Art

तारशी के अंकित गुप्ता के साथ एक संवाद में – बलबीर कृषन
Photo of activist balbir krishan against a blue background. he is wearing a grey suit and has short black hair and a stubble

बलबीर कृषन भारत के उन समकालीन कलाकारों में से एक हैं जिन्होंने  सांप्रदायिक हिंसा, आपदाओं, जेन्डर आधारित हिंसा, यौनिकता और…

By Ankit Gupta
July 1, 2014
तारशी के अंकित गुप्ता के साथ एक संवाद में – बलबीर कृषन
Videos by Breakthrough
Photo of a young female child in a white dress, saying 'who will melt my chains

Breakthrough’s video – Mann ke Manjeeré – winner of the Screen Awards 2001 in India and nominated for MTV’s ‘Best…

By Breakthrough
July 1, 2014
Videos by Breakthrough
To The Beat Of Activism
photo shows a brown wall which has an illustration of a woman dressed in a red saree and blur blouse. a man sits in fron of the wall, but his face is blacked out. The message written on the wall says, "i don't 'need to be protected'/ What are you 'protecting me' from? / Think / Make That Change #DelhiGangRape #SafeCityPledge

The rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi on December 16, 2012, left the Indian public consciousness…

By Pattie Gonsalves
July 1, 2014
To The Beat Of Activism
The Editorial: Art and Activism
In Plainspeak English Audit In Plainspeak English Audit 100% 10 An illustration of a fist raised in the air, against a yellow background Screen reader support enabled. An illustration of a fist raised in the air, against a yellow background

Art has the potential of reaching out to wide and diverse audiences and speaks to them in different ways. Therein…

By TARSHI
July 1, 2014
The Editorial: Art and Activism
Social Media
Photo of Saudi Arabian women's rights activist Manal Al Shairf. She has black hair and is wearing a black headscarf, and is standing in front of a board that says 'women2drive'.

By: Women’s Rights Campaigning Info-Activism Toolkit People are more likely to trust – and act on – messages from people they…

By Curated Content
July 15, 2014
Social Media
Review: Women We Worship, Women We Abuse
A series of photos of Indian goddesses shown with bruises on various parts of their face.

It is almost a year old, but the Abused Goddesses campaign created ripples in the fabric of activism that are…

By Shweta Krishnan
July 1, 2014
Review: Women We Worship, Women We Abuse
Review: The Gaysi Zine is Envelope-Pushing, Occasionally Flawed, and Gorgeous
Painting of a woman sitting on a WC in a bathroom.

At the Delhi launch of the fourth edition of The Gaysi Zine, on January 21st at Max Mueller Bhavan, a…

By Guest Writer
February 1, 2016
Review: The Gaysi Zine is Envelope-Pushing, Occasionally Flawed, and Gorgeous
Review: Art in the Age of Maintenance Work
A black-and-white photo of a woman in jeans and tee-shirt bent down to clean a glass vitrine in a museum.

Written in one sitting in Philadelphia, Ukeles’ manifesto was a manifestation of the rage she felt when she was pregnant with her first child and a male mentor proclaimed, “Well, Mierle, I guess you know you can’t be an artist now.”

By Niyati Dave
June 5, 2016
Review: Art in the Age of Maintenance Work
Reclining Vulnerability

Through multiple maquettes, I finally came across (since I myself did not know what the result of the form or figure would be) the Reclining Lady. She represents confident femininity and vulnerability. The feeling one has after taking a bath and sitting in the nude, drying oneself in unabashed nakedness.

By Noella Fernandes
April 19, 2021
Reclining Vulnerability
Please Touch: Tactile Art as a Medium of Exploration

Most of us, during childhood, internalised the lesson that sex or pleasure is ‘dirty’ and ‘bad’. Artists around the world are increasingly using ‘tactile art’ to challenge the shame and embarrassment that people feel when they look at their bodies.

By Isha Vajpeyi
August 14, 2020
Please Touch: Tactile Art as a Medium of Exploration
My Cup of Tea: Narrating Collective and Individual Stories through Illustration
An illustration of two muslim women dressed in burkhas who are out shopping. There are manequins and bags in the shop windows that they are browsing.

By: Priyanka Sacheti at the IMOW Blog When you hear the word “illustration,” what does it conjure for you? For…

By Curated Content
March 15, 2014
My Cup of Tea: Narrating Collective and Individual Stories through Illustration
Interview: Sunil Gupta (Part II)
Artist Sunil Gupta stands infront of a wall which has two framed photos of his family. He has greying hair and is wearing a patterned woolen sweater.

Sunil Gupta is an artist, activist, and a curator, based in London UK. In this interview, he talks to Manak…

By Manak Matiyani
July 15, 2014
Interview: Sunil Gupta (Part II)
Interview: Kripa Joshi
Miss Moti, wearing a tunic and in a gymnastics pose. The text "throw kindness around like confetti' is written around her

Kripa Joshi, an Illustrator and Comic Artist from Nepal, is the creator of Miss Moti, a character who defies stereotypical notions of how a person should look, feel and be. Kripa’s own experiences growing up as a plump person and her struggles with weight, have informed and inspired Miss Moti.

By Shikha Aleya
October 1, 2018
Interview: Kripa Joshi
Interview: Diversity and Sexuality – Part 2
Interview: Abstract shapes symbolising diversity of voices

Here, in Part 2, each interviewee addresses aspects of sexuality and diversity from their own particular space of personal knowledge, as well as work, advocacy, art and activism across diverse fields.

By Shikha Aleya
May 15, 2019
Interview: Diversity and Sexuality – Part 2
Interview – Indu Harikumar

I was watching something recently that said it was a bad thing to be vulnerable, but I don’t think it is a bad thing. I do see that there is a certain amount of power in vulnerability, it also needs courage, in my experience.

By Shikha Aleya
April 5, 2021
Interview – Indu Harikumar
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