India's Outsider Artist, Looking In: Bharti Kher | Brilliant Ideas Ep. 8

Feminist, mythology narrator and quasi-anthropologist are just some of the titles that describe artist Bharti Kher, currently at the center stage of the Indian contemporary art scene. Kher was born in London in 1969 and earned a BFA at Newcastle Polytechnic before moving to India in 1993. She currently lives and works out of New Delhi. Unique Indian sentiments and colors are abundant in her art, which address topics of culture and tradition with a refined contemporary sensibility.
The artist takes inspirations from India’s history and philosophy, but also from more mundane daily moments. With her original takes, the issues are transformed into sublime art forms that defy classification. She kindles new thought in viewers of India and across the globe, inviting them into a mysterious, beautiful world of art.

[@daniesza]

She is not an outsider artist at all. And she is filled with ideas that are academic . She is lovely.

[@agnel47]

I don't think this is what it means to be an outsider artist, because "Typically, those labeled as outsider artists have little or no contact with the mainstream art world or art institutions".

[@jayjmoi6744]

So true, the market consumes everything , she is a privileged person and the only thing outside about her is that she is separate from the local natives

[@shivanidhayalan1467]

I believe by outsider they are discussing her perspective of indian motifs and practices as an indian born and raised without immediate connection to it rather than the art as a creative industry

[@agnel47]

@@shivanidhayalan1467 blah blah blah

[@donemigholzjr.7344]

Outsider Artist is miss leading. She is from outside of India, not and "Outsider" artist.

[@lestudio76]

I hope I never become such a big artist that I have to hire other ppl to make my art for me

[@studiocurtis]

A lovely and endearing insight into the life of a lovely and endearing artist. Thank you Bloomberg for creating and posting this.

[@theredpilgrim]

Bharti is a Amazing artist! Thank you for sharing this wonderful artist!

[@margorowe9052]

🎯💚🌠really enjoyed this..big love for India..the colors..💚

[@pospo36]

Wow....brilliant ....

[@christinecardenas1114]

Love her work!

[@kimlacefield5716]

love her perspective and it's influence on her art. nice.

[@MrMeowRecords]

Nice art but just using "outsider" as a marketing label for herself.

[@SaintOsburh]

true.

[@wehavealwaysbeenanointed4929]

Such a wonderful uplifting and inspiring use of everyday things! How she is able to make such huge impacts on the world, by using something small yet very profound to give a different cultural view. The collective use and layers of the different shapes of the bindi, almost gives the surface that it covers a different meaning. By using something that is culturally identifying, she celebrates the stereotype. By using it to blur the lines of racism and bring down the misogyny of a culture witch doesn't make room for the equality of woman, let alone the significance of the power that woman have. Being able to come into the setting with fresh eyes, allows her to express her self with out the fear, of being killed for doing such grandiose works. You have to be intelligent to appreciate what she is really doing. It's a giant slap in the face to a domineering culture, which she doesn't apologize for. I love her, and works!

[@richardbond258]

I like her bindi art. For those complaining about her assistants, most busy artists who work on large pieces has assistants. She is being interviewed so she can't be working at the moment.

[@austinkonchira1568]

Nice presentation

[@louiseholsters5903]

Beautiful Art ❤

[@alsaulso1332]

LOVE HER WORK!!

[@mcarun506]

Brilliant artists

[@agungasta2506]

nice..

[@donemigholzjr.7344]

"We never worked together... we did one project together...

[@somnathbehera2419]

yah phantastic!!!!!!! if u give permission we som's Art gallery we visit ur workshop n gallery

[@ElmwoodParkHulk]

Having fun

[@vivienneb6199]

Amazing studio. Very expensive.

[@Princesaaymara]

21.36 ..what she says ....she says 3 frases ... i only got one ...

[@FishingtonBurpPuzzle]

Her art is breaking boundaries.

[@sofiawehrle9900]

22:00

[@tempo2921]

You are not an artist if you don't do the work it's like a being a boxer and not boxing. If you have people working for you, you just an entrepreneur.

[@margietalk]

12:17

[@gregdahlen4375]

wonder how some think more intensely than others. everyone has a brain and can think, yet some think more intensely

[@whyilee]

how cool is she

[@romansale2697]

Idk Depends on your taste

[@ingejustavanderhelm5208]

Oops that's one smug art lady >> 19:02 when she almost angrily says: "I haven't seen a very different Rothko one from the other".

[@tunneltime8885]

Yeah

[@nm9688]

I think you misunderstood her

[@ingejustavanderhelm5208]

@@nm9688 Explain please.

[@janiskhan1822]

Great Respect to her Growing up as South Asian in the UK I could see that she would have a fairer chance in India As an emerging artist than in the Whiter UK...

[@robobop3721]

I don't think her assistants use proper masks, one of them even looks more like a dust mask? I use spraypaint on murals and definitely use more heavy duty masks!

[@gloobnord]

I have no respect for artists who have crews to do their work for them. Jeff Koons is another helpless "artist".

[@justenjoydesign]

ai wei wei..

[@Yanaschaf]

A lot of artists do this. And they must do this. The huge amount of work and skill that goes into big projects is not manageable by one person alone. I hate to tell you, but: humans die eventually. I could explain the implications, if necessary.

[@aprettypenny1786]

Plus it employs others, quite often other artists that can use the experience!

[@MrSullismom]

gloobnord wow you are harsh! Would you have no respect for Michaelangelo or DaVinci? All great artists have apprentices !

[@kaalmansur]

this "brilliant ideas" effect between the chapters is sooo annoying. always.

[@cerabellamoanism6845]

That’s a lot of stuff.....more of a Factory .....yes very repetitive.

[@TourmalineDragonfly]

If other people make your stuff, it is still yours?

[@TheArtofEngineering]

Agreed....This even happened in the Renaissance, with some of the studio assistants doing drapery or landscape backgrounds but a work with more of the "masters hand" commanded a higher price. Postmodern work is less caught up with this notion of art skill (the idea/concept is the focus) but there are still artists who do all their own work just not this type of artist working on large scale pieces. The ethical waters become muddied however when Postmodern artists collaborate, but use skills of artists that they don't possess to realise one of their grand schemes. Such collaborations rarely mention the essential contribution made by the lackey assistant, assistance that the concept creator is not capable of realising on their own (e.g. Jeff Koons). This is exploitative and devalues the gift these skills provide. It is a lazy cynical approach that will kill off these skills to the overall detriment of art. Such situations should demand that all contributors be mentioned by name AND be adequately compensated financially. The Machiavellian approach to art making needs to be put under the spotlight as it is like me grabbing the worlds greatest guitarist, to play music written by me and then accepting the applause and bowing proudly at the real geniuses expense (assuming of course I can write good music). I'm not saying this artist is not talented but I do see a lot of skulduggery occurring and it is one of the contributing factors to the death of art schools and the waning of interest generally of the Visual Arts.

[@augopen]

kookyuke nice understanding. I think this area of artmaking is not popular so don’t worry about traditional modes disappearing. She is brilliant!

[@jwatson1601]

Was that A real Dogs head on a hoover (1642)

[@DreamCodeLove]

and i still hate contemporary art......

[@TheViciousnessNow]

The masks her staff were using were not sufficient to protect them from the fumes, nothing covering there eyes. This actually repulses me and I feel that I cannot support this factory like environment where her staff are treated like this. It's exploitation

[@cerabellamoanism6845]

Factory art

[@sonnycorbi1970]

All she is interested in is herself - everything is “ ME ME ME ME ME ME ME “. - I want tp see her work not listen to her run her mouth -

[@richardbond258]

This is a documentary about her.

[@midnightcat6116]

Richard Bond lol 😂

[@uknol]

Probably the most undeserving artist featured here.

[@papibahal.]

BALDERDASH!!!!!

[@Hamatabo]

“The female body is certainly something that I’ve looked at”

[@jindramullerova6518]

I like almost every artist, but not this woman! Her art is not right, dying elephant - are you kidding me? Thats very wrong!

[@nm9688]

Why?

[@parthsavyasachi9348]

Nonesense.

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

It's OK but my Art goes through the insanity of your hell and damnation. Hopefully Bhindi Bhartie isn't artie-fartie.

[@marcopolo9146]

Ridiculous narrative.

[@GnosisMan50]

A mask? You should be wearing a respirator!

[@Demention94]

Yawn. Hardly an outsider. What's the work saying? Certainly not more than she is.