Urban Kitsch

Description

《都市刻奇》最初寫于1996年，探索了印度经济自由化后巴罗达市內涌現的本土视觉文化形态。作者普拉尼特·索伊（Praneet SOI）骑着他心爱的雅马哈RX 100摩托车穿梭于城市之中，將塑料玩具、名人挡泥板与后现代建筑進行融合碰撞，形成一种既受推崇又遭嘲讽的新形式范畴。

本書是普拉尼特·索伊在巴罗达大学美术系（Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda）攻读绘画硕士期間，作為課程的一部分撰寫的论文，此次首次以書籍形式出版。除完整收录该论文外，还附有尼哈尔·费扎尔（Nihaal FAIZAL）与萨拉西贾·苏布拉马尼安（Sarasija SUBRAMANIAN）近期对艺术家的专访。

Urban Kitsch, originally written in 1996, explores the forms of vernacular visual culture that emerged in the city of Baroda following the liberalisation of the Indian economy. Plastic toys, celebrity mud flaps, and postmodern architecture collide into a new formal category—both celebrated and derided—as Praneet SOI traverses the city on his trusted Yamaha RX 100.

Published here for the first time, Urban Kitsch was written as part of Praneet Soi’s Master’s in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. The complete facsimile of this dissertation is accompanied by a recent interview with the artist by Nihaal FAIZAL and Sarasija SUBRAMANIAN.

– – – – – – – – – –
普拉尼特 · 索伊（Praneet SOI），1971年生於加爾各答，2002年移居阿姆斯特丹，就讀於荷蘭皇家視覺藝術學院（Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten），目前在兩地往返創作。這種往返遷徙深刻影響了索伊的藝術實踐。在其對於廣泛社會與經濟景觀的長期探究中，他提煉出了特定的範式，並在跨學科實踐中進行探索。索伊近期參與了第十二屆柏林雙年展，並於2021年在北荷蘭省貝亨的盧瑟伯之家（Luceberthuis）進行駐地創作。目前，索伊正參與由巴勒斯坦A.M.卡坦基金會資助的長期駐地計劃，並將於未來三年每年造訪該地。

Praneet SOI was born in Kolkata in 1971. He moved to Amsterdam in 2002 to attend the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, and currently divides his time between the two cities. This oscillatory movement impacts his practice. Over time, Soi identifies patterns that emerge from an investigation of his extended social and economic landscape, and explores these across a multidisciplinary practice. Recently Soi participated in the 12th Berlin Biennale and in 2021 was a resident at the Luceberthuis in Bergen, North Holland. Currently, Soi is participating in a long-term residency granted by the A.M. Qattan Foundation in Palestine which has him visiting the region annually for the coming three years.