Archive - Artist Writings

It sounds Greek or Latin, not Tamizh. Why?

Language history tells a different story

Jan 9 • Pragati Gunasekar

Artistic Illiteracy

Ignorance Isn’t Bliss: The Cultural Cost of Misreading Sacred Art

Jan 3 • Pragati Gunasekar

Seeing Ruth Asawa as an Electrical Engineer

On Wire, Systems, and the Quiet Precision of Ruth Asawa

Feb 1 • Pragati Gunasekar

Leadership beyond motherhood

Societies that reduce women to wombs

Dec 8, 2025 • Pragati Gunasekar

Field Research in Mahabalipuram

Two Weeks Mentorship in Traditional Stone Carving

Nov 8, 2025 • Pragati Gunasekar

Celebrating a Milestone

Official collaboration with the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)

Feb 18 • Pragati Gunasekar

From Chennai to New York

Teaching Art & Culture at NYAA

Aug 17, 2025 • Pragati Gunasekar

Art & Tech @NYC Google Hackathon

On friction, attention, and why museums need quieter technology

Feb 28 • Pragati Gunasekar

Importance of a sketchbook

A private laboratory for visual thinking

Mar 11 • Pragati Gunasekar

Not-enoughness travels

Brown in India, ‘too Black’ in Bogotá, ‘too poor’ in Boston—same caste code, new ZIP.

Jun 25, 2025 • Pragati Gunasekar

Whiteness Is a Deal, Not a Birthright

My take on Noel Ignatiev’s How the Irish Became White (1995)

Jul 14, 2025 • Pragati Gunasekar

"Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" by Isabel Wilkerson

Here's my review of Isabel Wilkerson's book "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents".

Jun 28, 2025 • Pragati Gunasekar

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts