Nilima Sheikh talks of art, authorship, authenticity

THE HINDU
By Vaishna Roy

In her 50 years of work, Baroda-based artist Nilima Sheikh has created layered works that reject the framed canvas and extend the ambit of viewing — not just physically, as when she creates a 38 ft. scroll, for example, but also in how she expands and questions concepts of authorship, mediums and histories. In the middle of setting up her show in Kochi for the Biennale, the artist took time off for a telephone interview. [More]