Art, Wine, and Prohibition in India

NYDAILY NEWS
By Madhusree Chatterjee

Image courtesy of Scientific Gallery

INDIA - Food in conceptual art seeks to connect the visual with the cerebral and the visceral, says Indonesian contemporary Julian Abraham, who is working on the concept of fermentation, wine, prohibition and faith with installations. His new work, 'Karma Wine: Kapitan Biopunk', a multimedia installation on display in the national capital recently, relates to the art and science of wine-making. The wine is tamarind water fermented over two weeks by the artist. 'I have used the concept of a religious rite wherein the worshipper prays to the guru expecting a good life and probably a good afterlife. [link]