Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Year: 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…

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…

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…

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….

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…

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…

Report

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…

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…

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,…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

A Collection Of Stories : an Interview with Jo Nambiar Art & Deal Correspondent Antiques bridge the disconnect with the past and stare at you with its vast baggage of stories. Art&Deal correspondent interviews the versatile antiquarian, Jo Nambiar, as…

Essay

ESSAY

The Past As A Futuristic Representational Device H. A. Anil Kumar The past with its baggage of history, knowledge and socio-political affirmations forms the basis of future theorization. H.A.Anil Kumar asserts how the future is an accepted abstract borrowed from…

Essay

ESSAY

Collecting Indian Graphic Novels Clyde D’ mello Clyde D’mello explores the origin, transition and continuum of the medium of ‘graphic novel’ as the writer tries to answer the way to choose and own these ’designed leaflets of art’. The idea…

Report

REPORT

Dhaka Art Summit Uma Prakash Second edition of Dhaka Art Summit served not only as a perfect platform for South-Asian art but also a treat for the artistically curious mind with a variety of curated photography shows, performance art shows…

Report

REPORT

Colombo Art Biennale ‘Makes History’ with it’s Third Edition Kurchi Dasgupta Colombo Art Biennale saw the contemporary manifestation of the turbulent though dead yet alive past through the aesthetics of the present with the eye of the future. Kurchi Dasgupta…

Photo Feature

PHOTO FEATURE

Jyoti Bhatt Tasveer and Vacheron Constantin present photographs by Indian artist Jyoti Bhatt for the first time in Mumbai. The exhibition chronicles the artist’s travels across rural India in the mid-60s, where he visited villages and tribal regions photographing folk…

Obituary

OBITUARY

Khushwant Singh : Man For All Seasons Uma Nair “Here lies one who spared neither man nor God Waste not your tears on him, he was a sod Writing nasty things he regarded as great fun Thank the Lord he…

Obituary

OBITUARY

Absence Which Follows Arpana Caur Khushwant uncle went yesterday after a friendship of four decades with my mother who made him President of her Academy and consulted him frequently except in the last two to three years, not wanting to…

Matters of heArt

MATTERS OF HEART WITH PARAMJOT WALIA

Matters of heArt with Paramjot Walia Dhaneshwar Shah Art&Deal : How would you describe your ‘style’ of work? Dhaneshwar Shah: In simple way I am an animal painter and my way of language or style of art work is much…

Photo Essay

PHOTO ESSAY

“The Nanyang Spirit” An Aesthetic Voyage to Singapore!! Art & Deal Correspondent On Friday, 12th March, 2014, Art Spice gallery at The Metropolitan Hotel & Spa in collaboration with Singapore Art Society hosted the inauguration ceremony of the intriguing, large-scaled…

Review

REVIEW

Representing Mysticism as a Paradox Review of ‘ Remembrance of Voices Past’ H. A. Anil Kumar Under the labyrinth of constant change lies the consistency,the oneness of being, the oscillation between the past and future. H.A.Anil Kumar interacts with the…

Review

REVIEW

Each Night Put Kashmir In Your Dreams Uma Nair This exhibition at the Chemould Prescott Gallery captures the true essence of Kashmir with its serene beauty, perturbed history and controversial present. Uma Nair listens as Nilima Sheikh tries to give…

Review

REVIEW

Where photography meets public Paramjot Walia Central Delhi celebrated a French-Indian collaboration through ‘’Fête de la photo‘,a photofest providing avenues to bring photography closer to the public, reports Paramjot Walia. This season, photography trespasses the confines of the galleries and…

Review

REVIEW

The Full Space Paramjot Walia The exhibition titled ‘The Full Space’ offers an alternative perspective and encourages the viewer to open his mind and experience the ‘formless form’ outside and beyond the physical presence of form and space, Paramjot Walia…

Editorial

EDITORIAL

Editorial Strangely gentle thunder storms and rain mark the middle of spring and freshly sluiced yellow blossoms adorn the roadsides in Delhi. Optimism rules the roost. Catching up with the art market once again Manoj Nair brings forth the facts…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

The Art Market Can Only look Northwards- Manoj Nair Despite the economic uncertainty and the significant drop in the value of the rupee, there is still a brimming hope and confidence in the Indian art market. Manoj Nair analyses the…

Feature

FEATURE

Promise of Poise, Amrita Shergill : NGMA Uma Nair Marking the birth centenary celebrations of Amrita Shergill, NGMA along with Yashodhara Dalmia showcased an arresting collection of paintings reflecting not only her aesthetic sensibility, but also her strong upfront persona….

Feature

FEATURE

Horses, Mothers and Husain Sandhya Bordewekar Sandhya Bordewekar pays a tribute to the ‘Picasso of India’, Maqbool Fida Husain, as she attempts to live and breathe with the legendary artist through his personally signed serigraphed scrolls. Maqbool Fida Husain almost…

International

INTERNATIONAL

The art of living Torsten Jurell How unaffected by the market see-saw, Jingdezhen, the capital of porcelain, lets Xiao Xue reveal her creative self and makes her work unique, not in terms of the technique, but in terms of her…

Obituary

OBITUARY

Prokash Karmakar [1933 – 2014] Art & Deal Correspondent 24th February, 2014 saw the demise of an eminent Indian artist, Prokash Karmakar. Born in 1933 to an artistic family in Kolkata with a well-known artist-teacher for a father, Prokash Karmakar…