{"id":6584,"date":"2011-06-21T16:26:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T21:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=6584"},"modified":"2011-06-22T14:29:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T19:29:41","slug":"caught_on_tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/21\/caught_on_tape\/","title":{"rendered":"Caught on Tape: The Art of Aakash Nihalani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This gif, <em>Through<\/em>, is from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28750691@N03?PHPSESSID=450a66140239eae2834603dd626fd618\">series of self-portraits<\/a> called <em>Once Upon a Wall<\/em>, by Brooklyn-based artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aakashnihalani.com\/\">Aakash Nihalani<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/assets_c\/2011\/06\/Through-963.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/assets_c\/2011\/06\/Through-963.html','popup','width=554,height=515,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/assets_c\/2011\/06\/Through-thumb-400x371-963.gif\" width=\"400\" height=\"371\" alt=\"Through.gif\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a>\nHis brightly colored geometric art made of electrical tape has been made and displayed on the streets, in galleries and on <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.villagevoice.com\/music\/2010\/11\/qa_brooklyn_art.php\">mixtape covers<\/a>. As with his self-portraits, there&#8217;s a playful and interactive aspect to most of his work. To see that in action, watch Nihalani create and install <em>Stop, Pop and Roll<\/em>.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P_cZEwmqbrM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p>There&#8217;s something familiar and universal about his work, given the basic, brightly-colored geometric shapes. They may bring back memories of a long ago played game of Tetris or Qbert, or remind you of a doodle you once sketched. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carmichaelgallery.com\/available\/aakashnihalaniavailable.shtml\">Some of them<\/a> may even evoke M.C. Escher or a muggu\/rangoli.<\/p>\n\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dtjwhnuY-c4\">videos available online<\/a>, Nihalani speaks at length about his work, including <em>Stop, Pop and Roll<\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynstreetart.com\/theblog\/?p=15747\">Playground<\/a><\/em>, a piece referencing <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/special\/koons_roof\/view_1.asp?item=0\">Balloon Dog<\/a><\/em> by Jeff Koons, in front of a gallery audience last year at Bose Pacia in NYC.<\/p>\n\n<p>In an earlier Aha moment video, he explains what got him started in the art of taping.<\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TBr_TfIO8qA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tape\/shape-based artist Aakash Nihalani comes out with a series of playful, geometric self portraits entitled Once Upon a Wall.<\/p> <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/21\/caught_on_tape\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,21,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6584"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}