Year 2, Issue No. 4-5 of Vrishchik Magazine, published in February/March 1971.
This issue featured an account of the developments of the artists' protest against central Lalit Kala Akademi (National Academy of Fine Art, New Delhi, India), the activities of the All India Protest Committee, and the formation of a Council of Indian Artists.
Organized by the All India Protest Committee, ‘Implications of Internationalism’ was an Artists' Seminar held at Gandhi Sangrahalaya in New Delhi on 29 January 1971. This issue of Vrishchik also featured notes taken for the discussion at the seminar.
Contents:
Joint letter by Jyoti Bhatt, Bhupen Khakhar, Vinod Ray Patel
‘What is Wrong with Central Lalit Kala Akademi?’
Joint letter by Jyoti Bhatt, Bhupen Khakhar, Jeram Patel, Gulammohammed Sheikh, Ratan Parimoo, Vinod Ray Patel, Vinod Shah, Feroz Katpitia, Mahendra Pandya
Letter by K.G. Subramanyan
‘Statistical Analysis of the Lalit Kala Akademi’s Annual Reports’
‘Proposed Amendments and Changes in the Present Constitution of Central Lalit Kala Akademi’
‘Implications of Internationalism in Contemporary Art – a Reply to Geeta Kapur’ by Vivan Sundaram
‘Triennale and the Implications of Internationalism’ by Indu Jaisingh
‘Implications of Internationalism’ (notes from the Artists’ Seminar with responses from Narendra Dixit, Anand Dev, Geeta Kapur, Haridasan, J. Swaminathan, Krishen Khanna, Waldo Rasmussen, and Vivan Sundaram)
Featured Artworks:
Drawing (on cover) by K. Laxma Goud
This edition of Vrishchik is available via Issuu http://issuu.com/asiaartarchivehk/docs/gms_vrishchik1971_yr2.4-5/1.
Vrishchik, which means scorpion, was a monthly magazine founded by Gulammohammed Sheikh in 1969. Published from Baroda, the magazine was edited by artists Gulammohammed Sheikh and Bhupen Khakhar until its last issue in 1973. Vrishchik became an active forum for contemporary artistic and literary expressions, and a catalyst for artists' views on the art field, art institutions, and social concerns. The magazine featured an array of content that included poems, stories, critical essays, and folios of printed artworks.
More details about Vrishchik can be found on Gulammohammed Sheikh's interview 'Vrishchick and Lalit Kala' on the website 'Web of Stories', Geeta Kapur's article 'Signatures of Dissent' on Art India Magazine (Vol 6, Issue 2, Quarter 2, 2001, Mumbai), and Piyush Thakkar's article 'Gulammohammed Sheikh and Many Literatures' on Guide Art Journal (Issue 1, Guide Art Gallery).
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