by Urvi Kothari
In this Instagram-able day and age, I often wonder about the relation between art and its popularity within a millennial world. The answer lies within the realms of a common terminology, ‘Pop Art’- a phenomenon that emerged in the mid 1950s and early 1960s. For instance, one’s thought confines within the canonical names, often related to the western expressionists – Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, to name a few. During this same time, there was a parallel flourishing of an intercontinental dialogue within the South Asian countries, an area less discussed within the history of ‘Pop Art’. In an attempt to bridge the common threads of artistic exploration in the popular, Iftikhar Dadi and Roobina Karode came together to curate the first major survey exhibition of modern and contemporary art from South Asia engaging with popular culture.
