When Art Explores the World’s Mysteries

MUHAMMED NOUSHAD reviews the second edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale held between December 2014 and March 2015. Photographs by NAVAS MACHINGAL.  Art opens a door: to the infinities of universe, to the obscurities of human innerness, to the possibilities of another world. Sometimes a spiritual ascension. An unexpected prophetic rescue from the imminent descent into the cave of evilness. Existing or nonexistent. Realistic

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Biennale’s Spiritual Solace

MUHAMMED NOUSHAD remembers the indescribable solace the first Kochi-Muziris Biennale of 2012 offered to the soul.  Photographs by NIYAS HUSSAIN.   In the classic tradition, every great work of art quintessentially offers a refuge in peace, and a profoundly personal and yet universal spirit. It digs its way into your deeper inner self in strange and unexpected ways. You feel like being

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