Weekly planner: 50 years of 'Krishna', an art and photography show on Indian wrestling and a Goan-Peruvian food pop-up
New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The Museum of Art & Photography, Bengaluru, is hosting a new exhibition, Grip, Hold, Pin, that brings together historical objects and contemporary photography around Indian wrestling. The show looks at the sport as a living cultural tradition through art, memory and visual culture. Much before photographers started documenting the workings of the akhara, artists were already recording the rituals and symbolism around wrestling. This is evident in the Ragamala paintings, textile labels and objects created at the time. Later film and photography highlighted that "wrestling stood for more than domination or strength. It became a way of understanding community, identity, labour and the body itself". Instead of following ...
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