Raghava KK 2011 highlights

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2011 has been one of the most magical years of my life. This is why...

My 2011 journey!

Dear friends,

It feels like ages since I’ve sat down and reflected on the past year, a post-hangover new year activity I used to periodically partake in. My journey over the last few years has been filled with exaggerated highs and lows, with events that both challenged my endurance and exhilarated me.  

2011 has been one of the most magical years of my life.  It has been a year of sharing.  

I’ve put together a slideshow of images of the year gone by. I’m really excited to share this with you!  Thank you for your support! I need continued good wishes as I move into an exciting 2012.

Lots of Love,

Raghava KK

'A GALLERY OF ADORABLE BOUNDARIES'
OIL ON CANVAS - 70’’ X 48’‘
a work from my show at Art Musings, Mumbai

 'A GALLERY OF ADORABLE BOUNDARIES' 

OIL ON CANVAS - 70’’ X 48’‘ 

a work from my show at Art Musings, Mumbai

LAST MINUTE PARTY at Times Sq., NYC

Hosted by my dear friend Jeff Marx and me! 

Sometimes the funnest things in the world happen last minute. My invite to my friends gave only 12 hours notice, yet we had close to 300 people at the party!! 
The most beautiful thing is when friends and friends meet :)
a work for One Hundred Years of Solitude  a group exhibition curated by Avni Doshi for Art Musings, Mumbai inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“The act of recording reduces the wholeness of experience. The signifiers contained in a record will... High-res

a work for One Hundred Years of Solitude 

a group exhibition curated by Avni Doshi for Art Musings, Mumbai

inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 

“The act of recording reduces the wholeness of experience. The signifiers contained in a record will eventually define the event recorded, effacing the complexity of the moment. In photographing an event, the event is reduced to the fraction of a second of exposure. Only one perspective of an infinitude, one instant, is represented.” (GGM)

I am interested in history as an inadequate form of record keeping. History, because of its inadequacy, is an exceptional official imaging tool. 

I present a historic document in the form of a children’s book. I lay claim that my document not only appropriates historic record, but brings to light the appropriation and biases, and therefore better accomplishes its cause.

Raghava KK, 2011

In addition to domestic disaster relief
acrylic and watercolor on paper
a work from my show at Art Musings, Mumbai

In addition to domestic disaster relief 

acrylic and watercolor on paper

a work from my show at Art Musings, Mumbai

‘SAFETY BELT FOR THE CENSUS BUREAU'
OIL ON CANVAS 70’’ X 48’'
a work from my show at Art Musings, Mumbai

‘SAFETY BELT FOR THE CENSUS BUREAU' 

OIL ON CANVAS  70’’ X 48’' 

a work from my show at Art Musings, Mumbai

KIDS TAKE OVER THE HOUSE My children Rudra and Anaga now want to do everything themselves, including celebrating their first Krishna Jayanthi and feeding treats to Krishna :) High-res

KIDS TAKE OVER THE HOUSE

My children Rudra and Anaga now want to do everything themselves, including celebrating their first Krishna Jayanthi and feeding treats to Krishna :)  

TEDx Gateway

It was great to speak at TedxGateway in Mumbai with fabulous musician Shankar Tucker and Suneet Singh Tuli (who has designed the world’s cheapest tablet).

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