Ranbir Kaleka

Fables from the House of Ibaan: stage –I
March 20 - May 3, 2008
New York

Art AsiaPacific Ranbir Kaleka: Fables from the House of Ibaan - 1

"At first glance, the three works in "Fables from the House of Ibaan: stage 1" could be mistaken for an exquisite oil-on-canvas paintings or straightforward examples of video art..."

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Asian Art News Ranbir at Bose Pacia

"In an art world filled with numerous hybrids of medium and material, Ranbir Kaleka, a well-regarded Indian artist who has participated in several international exhibitions including the 2005 Venice Biennale, stands out because he creates unique and mesmerizing entities that are much more than..."

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Ego Fables from the House of Ibaan

"The first part of Ranbir Kaleka's exhibition Fables from the House of Ibaan: stage 1 at Bose Pacia is a careful negotiation between the precision of the waking world and the fluid quality of dreams..."

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ArtIndia Spitting Image; Splitting Image

"In 1839, when the French Academic painter Paul Delaroche declared dramatically that painting was dead, he was pointing to the powerful rise of photography and the threat posed by technologies that could mechanically reproduce images -- technologies that were to dominate 20th century visual culture..."

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