Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Year: 2013

Cinema

CINEMA

Darshana Sreedhar Centenary Celebrations of India n Cinema in Chennai The year 2013 has been etched in memory as special on many counts. It has been 100 years since the release of Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra, the first Indian silent…

Preview

PREVIEW

Uma Nair MONARCH OF KITCHEN-KITSCH Subodh Gupta’s artworks rarely inspire moderate responses, and this is one signal of the importance of his achievement. Focusing on some of the most unexpected objects as models for his work, Gupta’s works eschew typical…

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PREVIEW

Sushma Sabnis In the Pink of Art The world will see a pretty pink cloud of art and culture rising from the city of Jaipur this November. Ushering in a little bit of warmth for the cold winters to come,…

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW

Usha Aroor COOKING ,THE ART AND THE ARTIST Reviving the age old art of appeasing the taste buds and the soul, the book ‘The Konkani Saraswat Cookbook’ by Asha Philar is more than just a cook book. Flavoured with memories…

Review

REVIEW

KETAKI SHETH : A CERTAIN GRACE Uma Nair Working with a black and white palette capturing sensitive and haunting images, photographer Ketaki Sheth’s ‘A Certain Grace’ documenting the lives of the Sidis, immigrants from east Africa, was a deeply moving…

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REVIEW

Uma Nair. Reminding one of the power and wisdom of portraiture, be it of the mundane or the rare, Sooni Taraporevala’s photography show on ‘Parsis’ was a gentle look at the poetic and curious lives of the community, observes Sooni…

Review

REVIEW

Nisha Aggarwal. Inquiring into the historical Salt march of 1930 and the near extinct Azrakh traditions, artist and textile designer Shelly Jyoti weaves a fabric using socio-economic and cultural threads of Gandhian philosophies in her installation works, reviews The solo…

Review

REVIEW

Nisha Aggarwal. The world around us is generally discernible by the placation of two opposite pylons, which could be similar or opposite in nature but are prevalent in every core of human life. Flipping the crucial coin of nature versus…

Review

REVIEW

AURA Art Shubhalakshmi Shukla Drawing upon the ever changing flow of water and its influences on the artistic creativity, reviews the changes in the time and tides of Indian traditional and contemporary art over the decades on display at the…

Matters of heArt

MATTERS OF HEART

Matters of with Paramjot Walia You were the organizing force behind “Expressions at Tihar”. What motivated you to do that? AN: “Expressions at Tihar” is very special to me. It was my first major art project, and spanned about three…

News

News

A forgotten carpentry lesson and a love song Gallery Ske, Bangalore presents a solo show of installations and art works by artist, Sunoj D. The show titled, ‘A forgotten carpentry lesson and a love song’ traverses the fertile plane of…

Editorial

Editorial

A couple of decades ago, when I came to Delhi for the first time, the city looked like an expanded vista of uncouthness. ‘Gupt rogi milen’ (Consult for Venereal Diseases) was the first wall writing inviting me into the city;…

Cover Story

Cover Story

The ‘Metro ’Art in Delhi – Paramjot walia & Priyanka Tagore The population of Delhi has been estimated at 1.67 crore and approximately six million vehicles, with 1,200 more added daily. With auto rickshaws on the roads out to fleece…

Cover Story

Cover Story

Mumbai Locals and the World of Art – Sushma SabnisThe linear tracks move parallel mostly, marrying and divorcing at times like star crossed lovers, while the metal compartments of a train untiringly carry ambitions, dreams, hope, memories, love, livelihoods and…

Cover Story

Cover Story

‘Train’ing Public to Make a Visual ‘Platform’ for Themselves – H.A. Anil Kumar Around 1000 tickets, costing ten rupees each, were sold during the weekend recently, to watch an ‘art exhibition’ of puppets from various cultures. All the shows of…

Cover Story

Cover Story

Namma Metro vs. Paris Metropolitan – Franck BarthelemyThe Bangalore metro is the latest addition to city public transport system. It was inaugurated in 2011. The city was then focused on utility and a massive amount of money was spent towards…

Cover Story

Cover Story

London Tube : A True Platform for Art – Sandhya Bordewekar2013 is being celebrated as the 150th year of the London Underground, popularly known as the Tube because of the round tunnels through which the trains navigate the vast city…

Feature

FEATURE

Domains of Eco-Criticism – Siddharth Sivakumar While upstairs, we discovered an angry young man with an interest in western modernism, down stairs we meet a happy old man contemplating on his own cultural moorings. His large sculptural installation Bahuroopi and…

Feature

Feature

Metro Dreamin’ (or.. ‘Buy one get one free’) – Aditya Dhawanfor survival begins all over again…and again…and again. Sometimes my story, sometimes his story, sometimes our story. That worn out shoe beneath the glitter and flare. Quiet acceptance or simmering…

Report

REPORT

Banaras Utsav 2013 – Sushma SabnisThe Banaras Utsav – 2013, an art, literature, architecture and cultural extravaganza with a wide range of programs planned, is aimed at reclaiming the city’s reputation as the cultural heritage centre of the country. The…

Art Market

Art Market

Wealth Diversification Through Art – Rishiraj SethiAs global art markets seem to be on the road to recovery, the Indian art market still appears to be tottering along. Rishiraj Sethi, Director of Aura Art Development Pvt Ltd, points out the…

Obituary

Obituary

Fair Youth Beneath the Trees: Remembering Chinmoy Pramanik – Johny ML”Then the sun cleared the hillock in a hurry, the warmth discovering him, the light dissuading him. But his calm, dark eyes sparkled as he summoned the neutral witness of…

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Aditya DhawanTaking photographs in the metro could be injurious to health because people do not like them to be ‘caught’ by others on camera. Their rebellion, however, does not work with the State that continuously records their activities via surveillance…

Essay

Essay

Women Are Not From Venus – Yasra Daud Khokerwomen angered by the blatant use of the woman’s body, arguing to see it replaced by a man’s body. The images have slowly been erased, scratched, in part preserved and integrated with…

Book Review

Book Review

Crowfall : A Magic Carpet to Life – johny mL I am not able to forget Sindhutai Joshi. Her relationship with Dr. Bhaskar remains an enigma to me. Were there any undertones of erotic desires in that relationship? Or was…

Cinema

Cinema

Ek Chaalis ki Last Local: An unusual date with mystery – Darshana SreedharEk Chaalis ki Last Local (The last local at 1:40) is a Hindi film directed by Sanjay Khanduri in 2007 set in Mumbai, starring Abhay Deol and Neha…

Preview

PREVIEW

Aura Art Show 2013: 15th-21st October 2013 – [MUMBAI]- Sushma SabnisAs monsoon lethargy gives way to the hectic festive season, Mumbaikars will be rewarded with the eagerly awaited ‘Aura Art Show 2013’. The show organised by Aura Art Pvt Lt…

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PREVIEW

Santiniketan at Lalit Kala Akademi – [DELHI] – Sushma SabnisThe show slated to commence on 24th October through to 30th October 2013, is one of its kind owing to the legendary artists/faculty members participating in it. The Kala Bhavana faculty…

Review

Review

Of Valuing Equality – [MUMBAI] – Shubhalakshmi Shukla With numerous threads of insightful observations and a needle sharp assertion in his visual language, artist Nikhil Raunak, presents his debut solo show titled ,‘Someday is Today’ at Clark House, Mumbai. Questioning…

Review

Review

DependsWho You Ask – [TEXAS] – gabriel Diego Delgad From overpowering essences of the tangible to implied metaphysical and spiritual realms, the curated show ’Texas Tough’, displays four solo shows by women at the Blue Star Contemporary Museum, Texas. Indian…

Review

Review

OLD MASTERS This monsoon, treading under the canopy of nostalgia of yesteryears, the Art Indus gallery recaptures the essence of the art legends through their artworks in the show ‘Old Masters’. Time, tide or market value have failed to dim…

Review

Review

Deconstruction: Prabhakar Kolte – [MUMBAI] – Sushma Sabnis There are times in life when artists choose to redefine the dynamics of their art practices, especially when one has a penchant for experimentation and an innate restlessness like Prabhakar Kolte. Being…

Matters of heArt

Matters of heArt

Matters of heART with Paramjot walia- Priyanka Govil For you Priyanka govil is Someone who is…? Priyanka Govil: Ambitious and believes in herself. How would you describe your ‘style’ of work? PG: I work with landscapes and would call them…

News

News

Journey to the Roots 24th June 2013 saw the opening of the retrospective of Bengali artist Jamini Roy titled, ‘Journey to the Roots’ at the National Gallery of Modern art (NGMA) New Delhi. The show was curated by Ella Datta…