Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Year: 2013

Editorial

EDITORIAL

Isn’t it a tragedy that a tragedy is needed to bring about fundamental changes in human behavior? A careless society suddenly becomes a cautious one when a calamity strikes. A callous person becomes responsible when tragedy visits him or his…

India Art Festival 2013

India Art Festival 2013

Of Journeys Mapped, Unmapped: Vidya Menon I Shepherd and the Slave: Balaji Ponna In a woman’s world: Rekha Rodwittiya I Arriving at the Self: Poonam Agarwal A true freedom: Meenal Jain I Keeping the Faith: Radhika Seksaria Her Myths to…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

MOVING FOCUS THE INDIA ART FESTIVAL 2013 Johny ML JohnyML: The third edition of India Art Festival has now moved back to the Nehru Centre. What is the reason for moving it from Bandra-Kurla Complex back to Nehru Centre? Rajendra:…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

ETERNAL QUEST Ravi Mandlik/ Rajendra Ravi Mandlik has emerged as one of the foremost abstractionists in the country today. He has served at his alma mater Sir J J School of Arts, as a lecturer between mid-eighties to mid-nineties after…

News

NEWS

NEWS Perceptions From The Precipice Art Musings, Mumbai presents a solo exhibition of Kerala based artist Gopikrishna featuring paintings in oils and watercolours. The show titled, ‘Perceptions from the Precipice’ features the storyteller in Gopikrishna who builds his universe with…

Essay

ESSAY

WOMEN ARE NOT FROM VENUS-II Yasra Daud Khoker An 1864 sketch by Honoré Daumier shows two women visiting the Paris Salon, horrified at the display of academic nudes exclaiming, “Cette année encore des Vénus …toujours des Vénus!… comme s’il y…

Feature

FEATURE

REMEMBERING BHUPEN Sandhya Bordewekar In Joseph Anton, Salman Rushdie’s autobiography that spans the 14 years he spent in hiding after the Ayatollah’s fatwa in the wake of The Satanic Verses, there are a good three-four pages devoted to Bhupen Khakhar….

Feature

FEATURE

JAIPUR ART SUMMIT: WHERE THE MUNDANE MET THE MASTERS Yasra Daud khoker The Jaipur Art Summit left me with some homework. I have to go out on my own, buy groceries and experience an auto rickshaw ride. I shall elaborate…

International

INTERNATIONAL

THE METAPHORICAL LAMB THE ART OF WURIGEN Theodore Cantrell Wurigen is one of China’s leading contemporary artists. His works are a reflection of his life experiences of growing up on the grasslands of Mongolia, and his experiences of being part…

Report

REPORT

WAVES FEST MAKING WAVES Art and Deal Correspondent Ever since it’s humble inception in 2007, Waves has quickly grown to become a national level festival with participation from colleges all over the country and footfalls reaching over 60,000. Being the…

Cinema

CINEMA

YOUTUBE SENSATIONS WAITING FOR THE “LIKE” Darshana Sreedhar When Andy Warhol famously proclaimed in 1968, that in the future everyone would have a shot at their own fifteen minutes of fame, it is unlikely that he had something like Youtube…

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW

ISLAMIC AND ORIENTAL ARMS AND ARMOUR Anjali Devidayal “As a source of images of the finest Asian weapons, this book is unrivaled and will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the subject in the future.” Launched in London…

Review

REVIEW

TICKLING THE BURLESQUE BONE Sushma Sabnis (Humour of the satirical and the burlesque kind dominates artist Anirban Mitra’s work which thrives on hyper amplified imagery dipping its feet in various streams of life to set off a cannon of visual…

Review

REVIEW

THE REALITY MIRAGE Paramjot walia At times photographs act as a mirage by creating a fictional world which seems hopeful when seen within the confines of a frame, but reality maybe suffocating under the labyrinth of these colorful submerging printed…

Review

REVIEW

MISS BUTTERFLY Sushma Sabnis A large needle pierces an imaginary cloth of air with a woollen string, making large spider webs. Patiently, like the arachnid weaver, the string is drawn in and out into knots and tight concentric polygons. The…

Review

REVIEW

SITUATIONISM IN YOUR LIFE Paramjot Walia After proving its success in Agra, Sanchit Art Gallery launched its space in DLF Mall, South Delhi. Clearly the owner Sanchit Joshan is unaffected by the recession in the art market. Quoting the optimistic…

Review

REVIEW

A CODE OF THE EXISTENTIAL Sushma Sabnis The true essence of an abstract painting lies in its balance to reveal or conceal the act of it’s creation, without making it feel like a jigsaw puzzle. Embedded layers reflect the mind…

Photo Feature

PHOTO FEATURE

MULTIPOINT INTERNATIONAL ART SYMPOSIUM 2013, SLOVAK Dhaneshwar Shah The European Union has very significantly enriched its cultural wealth as well as its cultural diversity. Art has to search for a new position in society or, vice versa. Nitra is one…

Matters of heArt

MATTERS OF HE ART

Paramjot Walia What is your definition of ‘Art’?George Martin: To me art is the “way of life” and “search for the absolute”.What art do you most identify with?GM: Visual ArtName two artists you’d like to be compared to?GM: Franz Ackermann,…

News

NEWS

Legends at NGMA, Mumbai National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai presents two exclusive shows of yesteryear masters’ works. The first show titled, ‘Contours and Volumes’ showcases the sculptural works of renowned sculptors Prodosh Das Gupta and Sarbari Roy Choudhury. The…

Editorial

EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL Art Districts herald the centralization of galleries to/in a certain hub, which is considered to be frequented by art lovers and collectors than other places where galleries are seen absolutely scattered or de-centralized. In the west, where an established…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Lina Vincent Sunish AN ARTS DISTRICT: WHO FOR? Hypothetically, there are two large and untouched audiences for an art district in Bangalore – one in the IT industry, and the other in schools. Perhaps 2014 is the time to involve…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Sandhya Bordewekar Gallery-hopping in Vadodara and Ahmedabad ‘Mandi’ in Hindi means ‘market’ and in Gujarati with a soft ‘d’, it could mean ‘recession’. Mandi is affected by Mandi but in Ahmedabad and Baroda, galleries make all their best efforts to…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Waswo X Waswo A Desirable Destination? the art district as social phenomenon If India’s urban art districts are to defy the cycle of flourish and decay, then politicians, community planners, gallerists and business leaders might want to keep an eye…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Franck Barthelemy Judgement of Paris:Intelligent Art Districts Is Paris coming back 50 years after having lost its hegemony in contemporary art to the USA? With the thriving art districts in Paris that constitute the fifty per cent of the total…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Johny ML Sculptures in the Open Open air sculptures are not strictly public sculptures but sculptures need open air to ‘breath’. K.S.Radhakrishnan, even when he conceives gallery based sculptures, thinks of the possible ‘open air’ where they could have a…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Sushma Sabnis Enigma of Art Districts Mueller Bhavan, J. J. School of Art, Artist’s Centre, etc. The centre of this zone, the Kala Ghoda area, is flanked on either side by the private galleries and institutions which act as symbiotic…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Johny ML Lado Sarai : Art District or a Street of Galleries? Analyzing the spatial logistics of Lado Sarai and Hauz Khas, gallerists’ dilemmas and the much lacking community ‘feeling’ required for the evolution of any art district, JohnyML highlights…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Girish Shahane Riding on an Invisible Black Horse :Colaba Art District Pundole Gallery at Flora Fountain in the north, and Sakshi and Lakeeren at Arthur Bunder Road, the ‘Arab Quarter’ of Colaba in the south, Mumbai’s ‘Art District’ oscillates between…

Interview

INTERVIEW

Sushma Sabnis A Paradigm of Beauty An intense beauty is rendered permanent and timeless when juxtaposed with the abhorable ugliness of things. It is this quality of life’s chiaroscuro-esque balance that German artist Martin Eder captures in his artworks. In…

Interview

INTERVEIW

Meena Varma -Paramjot Walia Lado Sarai is an Art Hub Three years back, in 2010, Arts of the Earth, a gallery focused on tribal and folk art of India, moved from Hauz Khas village to Lado Sarai. Meena Varma, director…

Interview

INTERVIEW

Paramjot Walia Back to the Future of the Gallery Synonymous to the awakening of modern art in India, and being one of the galleries pivotal in promoting art and artists over the decades, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi owners, Uma…

Obituary

OBITUARY

Siddharth Sivakumar Remembering Parvez Kabir Pedalling around the campus on his bicycle with an impish face, Parvez Kabir looked more like a student than a teacher. But behind his youthful informality and charming personality was a seasoned critic, someone deeply…

Photo Essay

PHOTO ESSAY

Debadutta Saha B o u n d l e s s Chi ldhood . . . . . . . . . spotted at the Bank of river Brahmaputra, Tezpur, Assam, seems very rare in today’s fast and busy world….