Khirkee-ki-Khoj: Khirkee Mural

khoj studio — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:46:42 -0400

Khoj has initiated a series of projects that aim to take art out of the gallery space and back into the public domain. In our previous tryst with the Khirki community, we mapped the street, made friends with a few residents and held a show where we photographed friends and understood their perspectives on friendship. We also did a Kite making workshop for the children in the community. In continuation with the community based art projects, the wall facing the Khoj Studios has been transformed into a gigantic canvas.

The Khirkee mural project ran from the 1-10 of April 2005 and with inputs from the community at every stage of the process, the resulting mural is a true marriage of the aesthetics of both community and artist.