Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

    • Month: May 2014

    Cover Story

    COVER STORY

    Jamil Naqsh & Najmi Sura Edward Lucie-Smith The exhibition celebrates not only the four decade companionship of Jamil Naqsh and Najmi Sura but also explore the Eastern and Western influences in their works. Edward Lucie-Smith elaborates. The paintings by Jamil…

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    Cover Story

    COVER STORY

    Jamil Naqsh & Najmi Sura: An Epic Romance Marjorie Husain Jamil Naqsh maintains the balance between elements of cubism,demands of abstraction and the sensibilities of contemporary approach. Whereas Najmi Sura is inclined to the figurative expression. Marjorie Husain explores these…

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    Essay

    ESSAY

    Flight, Fact And Fiction: The Missing Airliner And The Role Of Stories Siddharth Sivakumar Fiction Seems to be effective at changing beliefs while feeding on the psychology of human Candition and blurring the judicious distinction between the authentic fact and…

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    Essay

    ESSAY

    “Brand” fART Geetika Arora Curation is an art, a process with its own flowing structure and an intended language. Geetika Arora questions the ‘curatorial’ practices followed as she argues for the correct definition of this relatively young science of art….

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    Essay

    ESSAY

    Jayasri Burman: Feminine Fables Uma Nair Jayasri Burman finds the perfect balance between aesthetic sensitivity and surreal romanticism.Uma Nair reviews as she reads into these contemporary narrations of myths and history . Jayasri Burman takes her first solo to Hong…

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    Report

    REPORT

    Nauka Puja In Barak Valley, Assam Dr. Amalendu Bhattacharjee Barak Valley wears a festive look, rejoicing and singing in time of Nauka Puja, a special religious ceremony. Dr. Amalendu Bhattacharjee reports. Nauka Puja is a very popular festival of rural…

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    REPORT

    Ruminations……Audiences and Other Things Lina Vincent Sunish In this fluctuating art market and economic slump ‘viewers’ become a priority, not only for monetary aspect but also for retaining and spreading the value of ‘art’. Lina Vincent Sunish addresses this issue…

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    Photo Feature

    PHOTO FEATURE

    Of Echoes And Silent Rupture: Prabir Purkayastha Uma Nair Many times a forbidden space tells its story with the porches and columns speaking of the architectural history and motifs and patterns dictating the artistic and ancestral tales. Uma Nair reads…

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    Matters of heArt

    MATTERS OF HEART WITH PARAMJOT WALIA

    Matters of Heart With Paramjot Walia Megha Joshi Art&Deal : How would you describe yourself as an artist? Megha Joshi: The same way I would describe myself as a person. Which of course, is not always as others see me,…

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    Profile

    PROFILE

    The Thin Red Line: Garima Jaydevan Shubhalakshmi Shukla Each work by Garima Jaydevan, each repetition re-discovers itself not only in subject but also in its objectivity. Shubhalakshmi Shukla successfully attempts to explore the subtle mystery in each of her works….

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    Book Review

    BOOK REVIEW

    Discussing ‘Trace Retrace: Paintings Nilima Sheikh’- a significant intervention in Indian art historiography Aparna Roy Baliga The book ‘Trace Retrace: Paintings Nilima Sheikh’- is in all probabilities the first magnum opus on any woman artist in India. Though there had…

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    Review

    REVIEW

    Reviewing a ‘City in Transit’: Constitutional Parallels H. A. Anil Kumar Show at Rangoli Art Center bridges the disconnect with the post and stares at you with its vast baggage of history H. A. Anil Kumar Celebrates the “old” the…

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    Review

    REVIEW

    Dear Alice! CLYDE D’MELLO Deceiving, comforting fantasy plays its trick and keeps you cushioned from the outside world; but when reality knocks and tears this delusion apart you have no choice but to face reality. Clyde D’Mello reviews the exhibition…

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    Review

    REVIEW

    Unison from diversion Pranamita Borgohain Using a fine amalgam of music, dance and vocal art, the performance “Quit from Split” emphasised the importance of ‘oneness’ in this diversified world. Pranamita Borgohain reports. If we cannot now end our differences, at…

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