Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Day: February 12, 2013

Cover Story

Cover Story

Kathakari by SidharthI have known Sidharth now for maybe fifteen years. We were first introduced by Manjit Bawa and funnily enough, the reason for engagement then was our common love for food. Three of us love to cook and eat….

SPECIAL FEATURE

SPECIAL FEATURE

AN ENCHANTER’S WAND: PARESH MAITY’S VENICE“I travel all over the world and sometimes the same place offers many things to me. I have travelled to Venice many times over the past 20 years-and every time it is an intoxicating moment….

SPECIAL FEATURE

SPECIAL FEATURE

MOTIFS, PATTERNS AND POLITICSThe ART OF ANINDITA BHATTACHARYAThough what strikes us visually is the referentiality towards the miniature tradition, Anindita Bhattacharya’s works need to be historically situated in the (post) lineage of the Baroda Narrative tradition. At the same time,…

Essay

Essay

Time for a Rethink the Perils of Print PortfoliosAs much as I love a well-crafted print, and as eager as I am to add various prints to my collection, there is something deeply disturbing about the ubiquitous portfolios churned out…

Essay

ESSAY

Contemporary Indian women artists and the re-imaging of the female bodyThe concept of body and sexuality is always being dealt in a complex and sometimes in a paradoxical manner in Indian culture. At times, it is celebrated and again it…

Feature

Feature

Play for Joy of Seeing Celebration of Partha Pratim’s CreationPartha Pratim Deb need not know that there was a long tradition of thought on creative motive, in Sanskrit, comprising copious discourses on Leela as the prime mover in creativity, or…

International

International

ONE on one with a renowned performance artist Nikhil chopraArt&Deal: When I consider your performative work I think of your desire to engage very directly with the viewer and draw them out of their comfort zone and into your theatrical…

Amit Mukhopadhyay's Column

Amit Mukhopadhyay’s Column

DIALOGUE 2013 I am an Aristotolean fanboy. PHILIA-1 Athis: Hi, Neel, why you are silent today ? You seem to be lost in thought, anything in particular bothering you? Neel: Well yes, but I am not sure how to tell…

Film

Film

Role of Period Cinema in Romancing the Luxury of PastAs each era unfolds and becomes part of history, very often almost every thing that defines it is forgotten, leaving behind only a few traces in the form of stories or…

Report

Report

MATI Preserving the Art & Heritage of our Times….. Management of Art Treasures of India is a trust dedicated to the promotion of India’s alternative art heritage, and be a discursive platform for its continuing journeys. It aims to be…

Review

Review

Infinity’s “LIGHT n SHADOW”: where reality merges with metaphors- Sayan Dey At a time when creative minds around the globe are trying to explore life beyond cramped quarters of grand narratives and points where metaphors and reality co-exist, five young…

Editorial

Editorial

Art is life. Art cannot be separated from life. There is an inextricable relationship between art and life. All that we experience is transmitted onto an image, stirring the innermost emotions that lay dormant inside us as humans. The relationship…