In Art, the subtext sometimes acquires a greater significance than what appears superficially on the surface.
The artist in order to resist being silenced by restrictive social practices and state censorship learns to encrypt her/his story in the subtext. This subversive practice in Contemporary Art harnesses the evocative power of material and media. Technology and site specific installation of objects have become as vital as the artist’s iconographic vocabulary. Carefully employed they communicate a certain idea, emotion or context.
As conventional forms and objects are invested with new meaning, the artist’s statement becomes an important portal to enter the coded visual. This facilitates the reading offered by the artist, yet it would be myopic to take it as the only dimension.
A layered subtext can expand much beyond and can have new
interpretations for every age.