Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Year: 2014

Photo Feature

PHOTO FEATURE

Tat Tvam Asi – Nature’s Burial – N. P. Jayan Balachandran V. Whatever I dig up of you, O earth, May you of that have quick replenishment! O purifying one, May my thrust never reach unto your vital points, your…

Feature

FEATURE

Acts of Occupation Waswo X. Waswo Waswo X. Waswo probes the shifting boundaries of the collaboration of different minds behind the exhibition “Sleeping through the Museum”. Collabor ation: 1. The act of working with another or others on a joint…

Review

REVIEW

Embalming a Museum Culture Sushma Sabnis From wide eyed awe to boredom relieving yawns and every reaction between these two extremes, is what a museum could evoke in its audience. Artist Waswo X Waswo and his collaborators snip away with…

Review

REVIEW

S. H. Raza and His Litany of Color and Form Shruthi Issac S.H. Raza’s untamed landscapes add aesthetic sensibility to his memories whereas the ‘Bindu’ serves as a focus of universal energy. Shruthi Issac reviews the ongoing solo show of…

Review

REVIEW

Circumambulating Melancholy From inside Out Venkatesh K. N Crosstalk is about four artists’ different expressions for a common pursuit; personal yet universal struggle to cope with the contemporary living. Venkatesh K N reviews. The recent show Crosstalk at Sumukha gallery…

Review

REVIEW

Of Truth, Peace & Love Neelam Malhotra Eva’s sensibility of composition, language of colors and forms all come together, without resistance and in total balance with matter and energy to create abstraction that elevates to spirituality and catalyzes paths to…

Review

REVIEW

The Cassandra in you.. Paramjot Walia ‘You Can’t Keep Acid In A Paper Bag’ brings home some of the installations and international projects of Nalini Malani, one of the foremost artists of India today, that have never been shown before….

Editorial

EDITORIAL

A reluctant monsoon seems to have finally set in. As the cool showers bring down the mercury the KGAF prepares vehemently to plunge into its seventeenth year. The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, it is, arguably the first of Art Festivals…

Editorial

EDITORIAL

The art fraternity suffered a huge loss this year, that of losing the veteran art critic and poet Padmashree Keshav Malik. He was here just yesterday, a presence that has been a source of guidance, comfort and encouragement to several…

Memories

MEMORIES

2010: Padmashree Keshav Malik lighting the lamp for The Ten Year Celebrations of Art & Deal Magazine at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi with Ashok Vajpeyi, Neelam Malhotra & Siddhartha Tagore (Top) 2010: Shri Keshav Malik with Shivji Panikar…

Poems by Keshav Malik

POEMS BY KESHAV MALIK

POEMS BY KESHAV MALIK ART GALLERIES The vacant art-galleries were his haunts, for here at last the tantalizing butterfly of the flitting moment was pinned neatly upon the velvety walls. And to the outer atmosphere, the air-expeller banished all heat…

Archive

ARCHIVE

Lessons of a Master : Sailoz Mookherjea Shri Keshav Malik Sailoz Mookherjea was one of the foremost artists of the Modern Indian Art World. Eminent art critic Keshav Malik takes a very close look at his endearing artistic personality; a…

Archive

ARCHIVE

ART: The Impasse Keshav Malik Given, that between a projected target and an aspirant. The soil-sport shadow, intrudes frequently, one ought to perhaps turn a blind eye to such lacunae as beset most human undertaking. Add to this impasse, the…

Interview

INTERVIEW

Keshav Malik P.Raja Poetry creates itself with every word added to it, re-defining its identity in the process. The genius of words, Padmashree Keshav Malik, spoke about his inspiration, his poetry and his take on poetry writing to P.Raja. P.Raja:…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Innovator of a new path in visual art Keshav Malik Ratnabali Kant’s artworks not only celebrate body and form but also mirror societal realities. Art & Deal reproduced Keshav Malik’s article stressing her growth as an artist. Introduction: cry of…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Fountainhead of Arts: Keshav Malik Gargi Seth Gargi Seth walks down memory lane and reminisces about her moments spent with Keshav Malik,who was not only a perfect gentleman but also had deep aesthetic objectivity clubbed with experience. Where does art…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Legend: no more Paramjot Walia The art and literature world opens up to Paramjot Walia and pays tribute to the noted poet, writer and art critic Keshav Malik. Art&Deal : For you Keshav Malik was someone who… Gopi Gajwani: For…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Our Tennyson is gone Arpana Caur Arpana Caur recalls her memories with padmashree Keshav Malik Ji and pays homage to the renowned art writer and critic. Tennyson is what I called Keshav. Tennyson. Though he had the noble profile of…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Remembering Keshav Malik Suneet Chopra Art criticism is not dead as it still breathes through Keshav Malik’s writings and grows by his example. Renowned Art critic and writer Suneet Chopra pens down how ‘strong conviction’, ‘protesting outrage’ are also adjectives…

Abituary

OBITUARY

Keshav Malik (1924- 2014) Johny ML JohnyML remembers veteran art critic, poet and writer, Keshav Malik who passed away on 11th June 2014. Death is a cliché. Hence let me start with another cliché: With Keshav Malik’s passing away an…

Editorial

EDITORIAL

It is a summer less harsh so far in Delhi this year with clouds or light showers every time the mercury rises. The Gods have resolved to show some mercy… This issue we draw inspiration from Marina Abramović “The Grandmother…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Current Pulse- Performance Practice In Bangalore Lina Vincent Sunish Bangalore is known for the experimental and transdisciplinary nature of its art practices. Performance practice is one of the areas in which several artists are gradually building up a repertoire, making…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Marina Abramovic: 512 Hours Marina Abramović’s performances have always pushed the limits of tolerance ,exhaustion and fear in the quest for ‘liberation’ .The Serpentine premieres another such unprecedented performance by the artist. In a unique work created for the Serpentine,the…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Performative-Photos of Bengaluru: Gaze and Historicity amidst City’s Blinding Future H. A. Anil Kumar Performative-Photos proudly preserve the essence and attributes of the performance and its performer. H.A. Anil Kumar pens down how the viewer’s silent gaze forms the ‘mute’…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Thinking Performance Art Inder Salim Inder Salim’s performances have always jolted viewers out of ordinary patterns of thinking. The man who cut his finger to protest against dying of Yamuna river speaks of the nuances of performance art. The opening…

Essay

ESSAY

Tales of the Patuas Stuti Agarwal The narrative scrolls of the Patuas still picture the mythical stories but also depict the contemporary fiction and social issues. Stuti Agarwal explores the fate of this traditional form of story-telling. Once upon a…

Interview

INTERVIEW

Nemai Ghosh Satyajit Ray And Beyond Santanu Ganguly Photographer Nemai Ghosh has been the quintessential Satyajit Ray biographer through his decades-long close association with the master filmmaker. Over a lifetime of work, he has built up a vast and valuable…

Matters of heArt

MATTERS OF HEART WITH PARAMJOT WALIA

Matters of he ART With Paramjot Walia Saba Hasan Saba Hasan, a Delhi based artist, has been awarded international fellowships from Syracuse University, New York,the French Cultural Ministry, Paris, the George Keyt Art Foundation, Colombo, the Oscar Kokoschka Academy in…

Report

REPORT

One Day Art Camp By The K. K. Hebbar Art Foundation Lina Vincent Sunish The K K Hebbar Art Foundation was established in 1991-92 to promote art and culture with special emphasis on young and talented artists. With this in…

International

INTERNATIONAL

CHINESE ART IN BRAZIL: Chinese Contemporary Art after 2000, Curated by Ma Lin and Tereza De Arruda Santanu Ganguly ChinaArteBrazil , curated by art historians Ma Lin and Tereza de Arruda, shows for the first time in Brazil a unique…

Photo Feature

PHOTO FEATURE

On the Cusp of Times: Sebastiao Salgado Uma Nair Genesis, by internationally renowned photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, is an eight year photographic expedition revealing the raw untouched beauty of thirty-two different locations around the planet. Uma Nair reviews how the exhibition…

Profile

PROFILE

Landscape of Mystery Paintings by Moni Oolyonghai Theodore Cantrell Moni Oolyonghai’s grasslands are metaphors of separation and proximity with the openness symbolic of freedom of spirit, the space between trees representing a doorway etc. Theodore Cantrell tries to unfold the…

Review

REVIEW

“Where have all the FLOWERS GONE long time passing?” Clyde D’ Mello Udeya Vir Singh through his performance reminisces the old green spaces and urges the audience to take a step back and think about environmental issues and the cause-effect…

Review

REVIEW

In Pursuit of Mists, Clouds and Waves Premjish Achari Spiritual Sojourn saw a perfect blend of aesthetics and expression through Shridhar Iyer’s works as the bold tranquil strokes explore a deeper uninhibited meta-physical realm. Premjish Achari reviews. ‘Spiritual’ and ‘Sensuous’…