A still from Luminous Matter.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Luminous Matter | at Studio X (Jan 25th, 2013)
A still from Luminous Matter.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Mako Textiles | Bengal Muslin
Art Night Thursday in Bombay just got more fun when we started our gallery hopping at ARTISANS - Centre for ART CRAFT & DESIGN. Not many Bombayites know about this beautiful space tucked in the Kala Ghoda lane. The current show hosted by ARTISANS is an exhibit by Crafts Council of West Bengal and Maku Textiles. It is currently showcasing two distinct woven traditions of Bengal - Jamdanis using home spun Khadi muslin and Maku debuting its collection with Bengal Tangail revivals in natural indigo.
Shantanu Das graduate from NID, Ahmedabad formed Maku Textiles that promotes Indigo Blue as a colour of sustenance and statement towards a better future. The entire collection has been promoted by using single colour handspun khadi. The Sari's are over dyed in fermented indigo and have been transformed into products like dresses and accessories. Even the tiniest piece of sari waste will be transformed into appropriate products, thus leaving zero waste behind.
The exhibition continues till November 11th, 2012, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
InfluencerCon | Bombay Chapter
Friday, September 21, 2012
Mushrooms in Mumbai | Dharavi Slums
During the Indian Civil War, the Dharavi slums of Mumbai were flooded with refugees looking to escape the conflict. The Mumbai authorities, distracted by defence of the city and facing an already over-populated and poverty stricken slum could do little to maintain a semblance of civilised life in the area. Sometime later a cache of biological samples appeared through the criminal networks of Mumbai, in the vain hope that it might provide new marketable narcotic opportunities. The collective drive and expertise of the refugees managed to turn theses genetically-engineered fungal samples into a new type of infrastructure Ð providing heat, light and building material for the refugees. Dharavi rapidly evolved itÕs own micro-economy based around the mushrooms. This documentary tells the story of some of the characters involved from Mumbai and the rest of the world and how Dharavi came to be such a unique place.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Fresh & Local | Urban Farming in Bombay


Fresh & Local is a movement to facilitate urban farming in Mumbai, India.
Started in the spring of 2010, in response to the lack of fresh and organic produce, and the lack of resources and support for urban farming in the city. The organization researches and develops best practices, design gardens and garden products, host gardening workshops and work in partnership with NGOs and individuals to set up kitchen gardens across the city. We believe that by creating replicable models of urban farming we can inspire the changes needed to improve access to quality food for all Mumbai residents.
To support them for their next big project 'Flyover Farm' checkout their Kickstarter page here --- http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/495230553/flyover-farm?ref=live
Get connected on Facebook here --- https://www.facebook.com/freshandlocalindia
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Contemporary Artist in Bombay
The work was a photograph -- a self-portrait of the artist that was stamped with a date and city name in hindi font and then stacked at benches inside the exhibition. We decided to track down the artist.
Presenting Armando Miguelez Giambruno -- a world traveler/artist who now lives and works in Bombay.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Cobra In India
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Monday, December 5, 2011
VOGUE INDIA
Film Noir from Conde Nast (India) on Vimeo.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
This Circle Is Mine (Short)
The film was screened at the 13th Mumbai Film Festival, 2011 in the Dimensions Mumbai category where it received special mention at the awards ceremony.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Flash Med Mob Debuts in Bombay
Saturday, July 23, 2011
SLUTWALK | coming soon to Bombay

After Delhi, its time for Bombay to show support for the 'SLUTWALK' checkout the video & HOLLA BACK! Its time for Bombay. Its time for India.
The official video of SlutWalk Delhi 2011 is an approach of conveying our demands to the society. For we believe that the system along with the people of India need a revelation and to do that we are presenting you a message. A message to inspire you. Greater is the sin of not speaking when a woman is being raped than that of raping her. How many times must we mind our own business when a woman is being harassed? Would we expect the same when it happens to our beloved ones? This video will answer all your questions. Also, it is not to propagate or advertise short clothes. A woman fully dressed in a salwar-kameez is as likely to get raped as the one in a mini-skirt. Stop and think. She needs your help because she is tired of being suppressed, tired of all that is unjust. So wake up. Indians the time is now. Speak, do.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Stations of a Pause | Jitish Kallat | March 22nd, 2011
Jitish Kallat
Stations of a Pause
March 22 - May 10, 2011
After a gap of over three years since his last solo in Mumbai, Jitish Kallat will open a show at Chemould Prescott Road from 22nd March to 10th May 2011.
"Jitish Kallat’s new solo showcases the full range of his artistic practice; addressing the core themes of sustenance, survival and mortality in the contemporary urban environment, the show incorporates photography and large format paintings", says Shireen Gandhy of Chemould Prescott Road.
One of the key sections of the show at Chemould Prescott Road addresses a very personal story. Kallat’s 750-part photographic work, titled "Epilogue", tracing, his father's life through all the moons he saw from the day he was born on 2nd April 1936 to the day of his death on 2nd Dec 1998. Measuring his father's lifespan with the approximately 22,000 moons that he saw in the 63 years of his life; every moon is replaced with the image of a waxing or waning meal, marking the cycle of life itself as periodical rotations of fullness and emptiness.
Also part of the exhibition will be a new series of paintings, titled, Untitled (Stations of a Pause). A continued series of large scale paintings representing candid imagery of the ubiquitous Bombayite.
Friday, March 4, 2011
ART DUBAI | March 16 - 19, 2011

CHEMOULD PRESCOTT ROAD, MUMBAI
art@gallerychemould.com
www.gallerychemould.com
DIRECTOR
Shireen Gandhy
EXHIBITING ARTIST
Rashid Rana
ARTISTS REPRESENTED BY GALLERY
Dhruvi Acharya, Shezad Dawood, Anju Dodiya, Atul Dodiya, Mehlli Gobhai, Archana Hande, Tushar Joag, Anant Joshi, Jitish Kallat, Reena Saini Kallat, Suhasini Kejriwal, Bhupen Khakhar, Desmond Lazaro, Nalini Malani, Lavanya Mani, Pushpamala N, Jagannath Panda, Rashid Rana, Gigi Scaria, Mithu Sen, Nilima Sheikh, Vivan Sundaram, L.N. Tallur, Hema Upadhyay, Surekha, Aditi
Rashid Rana
What Lies between Flesh and Blood-3, 2009
C print + DIASEC
240 x 240 cm
Edition 1 of 3
Photo credit Rashid Rana
EXHIBITING ARTIST Rashid Rana
ARTISTS REPRESENTED BY GALLERY Minam Apang, Ashish Avikunthak, Nikhil Chopra, Sophie Ernst, Shumona Goel, Kabir Mohanty, Kaushik Mukhopadhyay, Hitesh Natalwala, Aditya Pande, Hetain Patel, Rajesh Pullarwar, Rashid Rana, Sadanand Shirke, Kiran Subbaiah, Nityan Unnikrishnan
Rashid Rana,
Yellwo Flowers, 2007,
UV inkjet print on aluminium, 30x45x30cm,
Edition of 5











