the new genre of blank canvases has hollywood actor james franco and half the world agog will you go to an exhibition devoid of visible content it actually looks like the gallery just got robbed but dont get taken in by that empty sculpture stands and canvases are the main attractions of a new genre of art thats there by not being there and its called invisible art and its shaking up the culture world for sure come june stark white canvases and more will be displayed at the hayward gallery in london in a firstofitskind show that explores invisibility and emptiness and its not cheap either as invisible art is said to fetch upto us10000 much ado about nothing can nothingness excite it seems so the premise is that art is about firing the imagination rather than simply viewing objects so you have artworks that include a movie shot with no film invisible ink drawings a piece of paper that an artist stared at for 1000 hours over a period of five years and a plinth once stood on by andy warhol supposed to be viewed in the presence of the artists celebrity aura a website quoted gallery director ralph rugoff as saying it leaves so much to your imagination its sort of like the power of radio compared to television in great radio drama youre inventing characters in your head there is a lot of invisible art out there there is a lot of art youre never going to see interestingly the viewer plays an interactive role in it too while the world is sitting up and taking note of blank art hollywood actor james franco was so excited by the idea that he teamed up with invisible artists brainard and delia carey to launch the museum of nonvisible art mona composed entirely of ideas and described as an extravaganza of imagination indian art fraternity reacts so does this mark the end of visible art not at all says artist prakash bal joshi this art runs on parallel lines and its different we see artists crossing boundaries which is whats happening here they work with various materials technology multimedia and its about getting viewers to participate in artistic expression art curator bose krishnamachari has experienced such conceptual work and calls it an amalgamation of science and the imagination its really about how an idea becomes an art work he says there was an artist in india who did a project called experiencing weather he made a ramp and as you walked on it you experienced different weather with each step you climbed he also says its high time india had a space to show invisible art we definitely need galleries and museums of the future after all we have so many brilliant artists can invisibility cost yes imagination comes at a price states bose its really about paying for the respect but will indian contemporary art collectors here buy this look taste cannot be taught also