Tolstoy Farm - Archive of Utopia April 27, 2011

The exhibition Tolstoy Farm - Archive of Utopia invites the artist’s reflection on the subjective leading philosophy of Gandhi, Tolstoy and Mandela, as thinkers who changed the way the world perceived incarceration and freedom, caste and apartheid, capital and labour, independence and post colonialism. At the same time, it addresses the idea of utopia, as personal and private. As social polity becomes m...ore complex how does the artist interpret the principles of community, utopia and radical positions; how does he deals with the consequences of success and failure? Again, in a shifting world order, as India now acquires land in south Africa for commercial farms, or emerges as part of the BASIC or BRIC countries, how do we view new circuits of economies and power?

Participating Artists:
Aditya Pande
Akshay Rathore
Anita Dube
Archana Hande
Arpita Singh
Asim Waqif
Bharti Kher
Gigi Scaria
Jagannath Panda
K.P Reji
Manjunath Kamath
Mithu Sen
Ranbir Kaleka
Ravi Aggarwal
Riyas Komu
Suhasini Kejriwal
Vivek Vilasini