Speaking to The Wire, Chennai-based curator and well-known commentator on the arts and culture Sadanand Menon said that Jones sounds more like an “interloper” than a real critic, for he seems unaware of how Khakhar scoffs at Western ideas of art-making through his work. He pointed out how Khakhar used to conduct ultra-serious ‘mock interviews’ between himself and fictive critics, which he would include in his catalogues. Menon deplored the fact that The Guardian would give space to “patronising fools who don’t know international art history”.
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