International
FAYEZ BARAKAT : Private Passions Rajesh Punj Pressing an association with the fore-fathers of modern painting, French impressionist Claude Monet, American Mark Rothko, Spaniard Joan Miró, Henri Matisse, Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh, among others; Barakat recalls these leading…
Photo Essay
The Miniature as Photo Backdrop Waswo X. Waswo’s Painted backdrops have been essential to my work over the past six years. Generally painted on linen, but also at times on canvas, they are created by a large number of craftsmen…
Art For The Young
Ramachandran’s books for children: A Belated Homecoming Siddharth Sivakumar Speaking about the future of illustrated children’s books in India, some years back, Ramachandran had said, “To discuss the future of children’s picture books in the Indian context is like discussing…
Book Review
ART reinterprets ART Sudha Punshi I found this book a great inspiration for creating and motivating thought, especially on two fronts i.e. the contemporary art scene and the future for art as the author sees it. The chapter on Indian…
Cover Story
Slaying multiple Goliaths Sushma Sabnis his life, simply to shroud someone else’s intolerance, pettiness and fear. They felt there was more dignity in living a lie than expressing a truth. They even threatened to banish and exile him like M…
Cover Story
The Chinese Rajesh Punj Zheng’s Buddha in Cage, Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province, 1998, is more observation than animation, as a large marble statue of Buddha is photographed at the very edge of the precipice, against a thick curtain of fog….
Photo Essay
WORKING CLASS SUPERHEROES Vikas Maurya The gaze of the juveniles into the camera, their awareness of being photographed exudes a confidence that can be drawn parallel to professional paid gazes erasing divisions of the rich and poor.
A LETTER FOR YOUNG ARTISTS
The Business man, the Scholar , and the Hermit A Letter to Young Artists Waswo X. Waswo If you choose to eschew money and politics, if you devote yourself single-mindedly to your art, then, unless you were born independently wealthy,…
Art & Theatre
Street Censorship Shardul Bhardwaj The debate does not continue because nothing else of this nature has happened again. I am very curious to see what will happen once we open our play which is about a gay love story in…
Book Review
Under The Skin Lina Vincent Sunish “To Mumbai: my home, my muse… “ is the dedication, and Husain begins his essay with an all encompassing comment that explains the book, “When one talks about a journey, one usually refers to…
Contributors
Dinesh Khemani is an Editorial Assistant & Copy Editor with Art & Deal magazine. Waswo . X. Waswo is an artist and collector based in Udaipur. H.A. Anil Kumar is an Art Historian, Art critic and lecturer at Chitrakala Partshath….
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