Arts_Illustrated_-_February-March_2016

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Architecture, like other professions, falls squarely
in the realm of objective activity directed
towards a specific goal, discouraging, so to
speak, the tangential view. There are no patrons
in architecture, only clients. And theirs is not
an exploration of architectural ideas, merely an
expression of details for eventual construction.

In such a scenario, architectural drawing without

the explicit purpose of construction becomes a

fantasy – an irrelevance. But it renews our sights

on oblique and untested ideas and kindles the

hope that one day architecture may masquerade

as something else. Even if only on paper.

All Images Courtesy of the Artist

Migration, Gautam Bhatia, 2014, 18" x 24", Pencil on Paper

IAF - Delhi Connecting Art/ FEB 2016 - MAR 2016 / ARTS ILLUSTRATED /^105