tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475740559550973995.post9068723357505305962..comments2023-09-22T06:47:17.115-04:00Comments on The Hooked Nose: Super Ram and Durga Woman: Contemporary Indian ComicsAvinash Rajagopalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15062380203783927064noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475740559550973995.post-47604179404221013472010-01-09T10:16:30.044-05:002010-01-09T10:16:30.044-05:00wowzer Avi. now i wish i'd seen it in LA with ...wowzer Avi. now i wish i'd seen it in LA with you<br /><br />i agree with Saad...comparing Mukesh and Abhishek's work to the ACK is to do a gret disservice to the originality of their expression. <br /><br />that said, i was witness to the birth of Abhishek's stylistic interpretations of the Ramayana 3392 having spent many hours talking to him about it while he was working on it and also afterwards. i've sent him a link to your review, and i highly recommend you get in touch with him and ask him a little more about it. it is so easy to dissect this work from a distance that it would be worth your while to get his take on it. especially now that he is working on a new graphic novel based on Krishna<br /><br />it occurs to me also that one cannot separate or even ennumerate the myriad influences that work their way into these "contemporary" indian comics. what does deserve respect, as you have rightly pointed out, is that despite these influences, Durga is still Mahisasurmardini incarnate in the moment that she kills Bala and is NOT Catwoman. this deftness of expression and clarity of representation is what i find most remarkable in Abhishek and Mukesh's work<br /><br />kudos to our "contemporary" artists.<br /><br />as for tackling the representation of India's picture narrative traditions in this exhibition...well where to do I begin :PRuchita Madhokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618576531802477776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475740559550973995.post-59734116199621194902010-01-08T04:53:38.657-05:002010-01-08T04:53:38.657-05:00Good to see their art getting more and more exposu...Good to see their art getting more and more exposure. It's a new language, I think comparision with ACK is unfair. <br /><br />Things just change over time. <br /><br />Hope Indian webcomics get some publicity too :P<br /><br />- Saad Akhtar<br />New Media (2002)Saad Akhtarhttp://www.flyyoufools.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475740559550973995.post-50869246189358298572010-01-07T01:04:02.058-05:002010-01-07T01:04:02.058-05:00Oho, very nice.
You really should get your hands ...Oho, very nice.<br /><br />You really should get your hands on "The Classic Popular" by Nandini Chandra. It's a decostruction of the Amar Chitra Katha comics. But it's confined to ACK and the influences it had through Pai and the initial artists and their backgrounds. <br /><br />It really would have been lovely to see the whole thing tied up with the Indian storytelling illustrations :)Shreyashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837454651266512433noreply@blogger.com