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Are you sitting comfortably?
Then we'll begin .. with a round-up of chairs , from Irani classics to the latest contemporary Indian designs.
20 Jan 2017Read More -
Elements of Architecture
one of the basic learning for a student of architecture is to grasp the role and function of elements of architecture such as planes(walls), columns , recesses , openings , courtyards , patterns , perspective and so on ..
12 Jan 2017Read More -
TAKE A WALK AROUND VISHWA SHROFF’S DRAWN SPACES
Her watercolours and drawings compel viewers to see the extraordinary in ordinary objects and overlooked spaces Windows, corners of rooms and floors — these are seemingly inconspicuous in their settings. But Drawn Space, Vishwa Shroff’s solo show of intricate drawings, calls direct attention to them , and details such as missing tiles and patterns make one ponder over what they might have been in another time.
07 Jan 2017Read More -
Curious Spaces, linear narratives
Artist Vishwa Shrof’s drawings, currently on display at Tarq, follow a soothing palette of colours. The work, divided into four distinct parts, is part of the artist’s first solo exhibition, Drawn Space .
07 Jan 2017Read More -
Lost in Transition
Windows, corners of rooms and floors — these are seemingly inconspicuous in their settings. But Drawn Space, Vishwa Shroff’s solo show of intricate drawings, calls direct attention to them, and details such as missing tiles and patterns make one ponder over what they might have been in another time.
29 Dec 2016Read More -
Talk about private practice
The parallels between Nityan Unnikrishnan and Vishwa Shroff begin at their heels. The two artists are eyeing each other's Birkenstock sandals as we settle down at Tarq, Colaba. In their shy ways, they laugh about the criticism that has been meted out to their sartorial choices.
11 Dec 2016Read More -
Stir. Folly Measures celebrates architecture as an indicator of urban experiences
Artist Vishwa Shroff presents a solo exhibition at gallery Tarq with works reacting to the built environment, focusing on the idea of transience and impermanence. When one encounters the architecture inspired works of Vishwa Shroff, there is an immediate sense of wonderment. They sit at the intersection of drawing and sculpture; at first, they seem ornate documentary renditions, but on closer inspection one can easily experience the narrative layer. “My fundamental interest is in drawing methodologies. The architecture comes from the urban environments I live in and have a longevity that permits them to become temporal maps of both, transitory occupations and architectural fashions,” says Shroff.
Stir
08 Jan 2020 -
Sunday Mid-Day- Where to Draw the Line
India's Artists On What They Are Making During The Lockdown
India's established and young artists find themselves turning to their art to make sense of the sorrow around them and renew their promise to co-exist with nature.
Sunday Mid-Day
12 Apr 2020 -
Ministry of New- Collaboration in action with Vishwa Shroff and Katsushi Goto
Dynamic artists in their own right, together, Vishwa Shroff and Goto have proven to be natural collaborators. We were lucky to have them with us during Art Bites #2 where Hena Kapadia, Founder,TARQ focused on their joint practice and latest project, which has been conceptualised for the "Everyday" Zine (not yet released). Together, Vishwa Shroff and Katsushi Goto have collaborated on five books, conceptualised and designed a theatre set for “Guards at Taj” at G5A, Mumbai (2017) and are most recently working towards designing an “Open Kitchen” pavilion. They also co-founded SqW:Lab, a fellowship that investigates notions of domesticity and drawing in Mumbai since 2018. We wanted to continue that conversation here to learn a little bit more about this duo.
Ministry of New Blog
01 Jun 2020 -
Paper Planes- Interview with Vishwa Shroff
Artist Vishwa Shroff’s observant eye barely ever misses an intricately detailed balustrade, an absent tile, or a nondescript partisan wall. Her practice is firmly rooted in drawing; Shroff’s works are currently on display at Bombay’s TARQ art gallery. She has also conceptualised and designed — along with Katsushi Goto — the set for the play ‘Guards at the Taj’ (2017) directed by Danish Husain, weaving together the architectural facets and histories of the Taj Mahal, the space the actors occupy on stage, and the narrative of the play that oscillates between the worldly and the imaginary. Here, Shroff tells us about the books she loves to return to, the idea of exploring domesticity through drawing, and why stepping out for a walk can be a crucial starting point for making a work.
Paper Planes
24 Jan 2020 -
Sunday Mid-day. If time were a place…
... tiles would be its landmarks. As an exhibition in the city ponders the memories of Mumbai's floors, we find an excuse to focus on the different histories presented by colonial and economic interests.
At Colaba art gallery Tarq, an exhibition by artist Vishwa Shroff, uses tiles found in Mumbai's buildings as a tool to speculate on how time and architecture collide. For the exhibition, called Folly Measures, text written by Veeranganakumari Solanki states: "Recontextualization and reconstruction of time and change are meticulously recorded in the details of mismatched tiles, landings, residues and lines...Floors become pattern libraries of interruption, while worn tiles become a chronicle of chanced memories. Architectural features become the carriers of change and time frames. Material compositions from changing fads of marble, concrete, kota stone to mosaic tiles, banisters and old walls, each tells a story from a chapter in time."Mid-day
09 Feb 2020 -
Architect and interiors India. TARQ hosts Folly Measures, an exhibition by Vishwa Shroff
This is the artist’s seventh solo showing
Artist Vishwa Shroff, who shuttles between Mumbai and Tokyo, is exhibiting her latest works, Folly Measures, at TARQ, Mumbai. With this exhibition, Shroff continues to journey through the everyday, focusing on the idea of transience and impermanence. The catalogue is accompanied by an essay penned by Mumbai-based independent curator, writer and researcher, Veeranganakumari Solanki.Architect and Interiors India
03 Feb 2020 -
The Hindu: The beauty of architectural transience
Vishwa Shroff’s meditative and thought-provoking art highlights the complexity of man and buildings
Architecture is the ‘mother art’, that’s rarely given its due in the creative world. While blueprints and technical drawings are an integral part of designing and constructing a building, these are seen more as functional rather than artistic expressions. Vishwa Shroff, whose ongoing show Folly Measures explains her affinity by drawing a relationship between the built environment and its use. She says, “Architecture tends to collect like — marks, scratches, breaks, cracks, all of that. So it becomes apparent when you walk through any space that has been around for a while…you look at it and wonder why something happened.”The Hindu
29 Jan 2020 -
AD- Mumbai: Vishwa Shroff’s ‘Folly Measures’ explores the architecture of inhabited spaces
This is the artist’s seventh solo exhibition and is presented by TARQ, Mumbai. It will be on view till February 28
With six solo exhibitions and multiple group exhibitions to her credit, Vishwa Shroff’s works have garnered her considerable acclaim in the art industry. Besides this, she has also participated in numerous residencies, talk series and workshops. Having shifted to Mumbai just over a year ago, Shroff’s most recent and seventh solo exhibition is an attempt at showcasing the realities of the built structures around us, how the aspect of time and our usage affect their physical and spatial qualities. Titled, ‘Folly Measures’, this exhibition is on view at TARQ till February 28 and is accompanied by an essay written by Veeranganakumari Solanki, a Mumbai-based independent curator, researcher and writer.Architectural Digest
29 Jan 2020 -
Vogue- 16 must visit art exhibits across India you need to check out this January
In the exhibition titled 'Folly Measures', Vishwa Shroff continues to journey through the everyday, focusing on the idea of transience and impermanence. Curated by Veeranganakumari Solanki, the exhibition is on at Tarq, Mumbai. Jan 9 to Feb 28, 2020. Address: F35/36 Dhanraj Mahal, CSM Marg, Apollo Bunder, Colaba, Mumbai
Vogue
10 Jan 2020 -
Mumbai Mirror-The gallery hopper’s guide
The city’s leading art hubs band together once again to bring the eighth edition of the massive Mumbai Gallery Weekend. Transience and impermanence — that is what artist Vishwa Shroff focuses on as she highlights what one could on the surface be perceived as mundane. Her works in this exhibition is described as “drawings of architectural form [that] uncovers man’s relationship with space over a period of time”. Jan 9 to Feb 28. Tarq, Colaba
Mumbai Mirror
09 Jan 2020 -
Contemporary Identities Issue #7
Journeys through architectural spaces, incidents on building exteriors and transient structural changes of the everyday occur in Vishwa Shroff’s meticulous drawings. Time becomes an ornamental detail for the artist in her translation of tile patterns, cracks, razed walls, staircases and occupied and abandoned spaces.Contemporary Identities
16 Sep 2020 -
Art India Magazine- Use and Change
Shroff's engagement with architectural forms and their relationship with the occupiers of these structures deepened after she created a paper sculpture Vishnu's Chai in 2009 for the show Cutting Chai at Sarjan Gallery, Baroda, and followed it up with the ambitious Room, a collaborative book project (2011). Soon. the simple architectural plan graduated from being a basic drawing ro possessing complex patterns that charted uses and changes as the inhabitants re-imagined it over a peri.od of time. While the architectural space bore the traces of age and imprints of wear and tear, it also left visual marks of the innumerable changes and makeovers it was subjected to. Shroff's hybrid buildings delicately expose the layers of history and memory, allowing her drawings to come alive with an active energy.
Art India
12 Dec 2020