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Frieze Art Fair at Randalls Island Park Offers a Bit of Everything – Ken Johnson and Martha Schwendener

Posted On: Friday, May 15th, 2015 | by project88pressadmin

Published on 14 May, 2015 in The New York Times

Sarnath Banerjee's "Liquid Historynof Vasco da Gama" at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014

Sarnath Banerjee’s “Liquid History of Vasco da Gama” at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014

“This Mumbai gallery went for an intentionally quiet presentation, compared to the screaming visuals elsewhere, with the acclaimed artist and graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee. Drawings from his “Liquid History of Vasco da Gama” (2014) examine the life of the first European to reach India by sea, while other works reflect contemporary expatriate life. (Mr. Banerjee lives in Berlin.) His drawings are nice reminders of how international art fairs are like instant melting pots, where cultural differences are confronted but more often elided in an attempt to conform to global art trends…”

Sarnath Banerjee in The New York Times