Elle, 2000/01
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| Nancy
Adjania: Art India, 2001/01/01 |
‘
..the high cultural commodity with its classicism, conservatism and monoculturalism.
The clues of alternative modes of being..readings of fertility and virility
myths, and androgyny in place of macho heroism..an abstract poetry of detachment
through which he tells his own modern fables of sexual transgression and
cultural identity..' |
| Nilanjana
Sengupta: The Indian Express, 2000/22/11 |
‘
Jani presents the dialectic between the real, which is the work, and the
imaginary the imaginary, which are the stories or thoughts the work generates..' |
| Jasmine
Shah Varma: Midday, 2000/22/11 |
‘
..not
just the notes but the spaces between them that are important, Jani beckons
the viewer to look at the absent, the imaginary images…sculptures are like
those in a museum or a cave which leave the viewer in wonder( because of
the grandeur and craftsmanship usually) and at the same time unresponsive..' |
| Nupur
Mahajan: Bombay Times, The Times of India, 2000/23/11 |
‘
..a
life cycle of desire, pain, and finally survival. Weaved into each of the
sculptures is a tale, and combined with it is the individualistic journey
of almost every human being..' |
| Shoba
De : Midday, 2000/23/11 |
‘
you’ll
be able catch fashion designer Abu Jani’s brother’s sculptures. I was struck
by a large life-size figure in molten gold that dominated the gallery space…
it’s good to know so much creativity exists in a single family..' |
| Arnavaz
Vasunia: Elle, 2000/01 |
‘
..he juxtaposes the real world with recorded facts and the fiction that
is generated by that fact over a period of time..' |
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