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Mansoor Ali
Dance Of Democracy (2 alternate views)

2008

Installation with discarded chairs

Dimensions variable, approx: 427 x 244 x 244 cm
Ali’s free-standing installation of discarded chairs piled high, without direction or reason, balances precariously and may at any moment fall to the ground. Ali often employs ready-made objects such as the chairs used in this work, which are wrecked and battered in their appearance. Rising from its elevated base, Dance of Democracy appears to stay upright by sheer luck, infusing his art with humour and poignancy.

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Artistic take on things in a state of flux
26th June, Niha Masih, The Sunday Guardian

Constant change is one of the leitmotifs of life and to be able to hold on to anything in this swirl can be quite a task. What is or can be the nature of resistance to the world around us which is evolving, decaying or perhaps momentary? Exploring this complex trope of how to face things in a state of flux, is a new exhibition at Gallery Maskara in Mumbai, titled Hold On.
The only Indian artist to feature is Baroda based sculptor Mansoor Ali, who has done sculptures called Beautifully Corrupt and Alliance IV. Humanitarian concerns have always been central to his work and this time too he explores the political corruption prevailing in the country. Speaking of his work, he says, "I wanted to look at how long can people of this country hold on to things that they are not happy with (like shoddy governance)? Many a times there are important external factors binding people." Alliance IV is a set of chairs bound by disks, while Beautifully Corrupt has termites feeding on an ordinary chair.

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Source:sunday-guardian.com