Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Year: 2015

Editorial

EDITORIAL

‘Blowing of cold winds and rustling of trees, the year’s closing with numerous promising developments’. Is having an eye for art an old fashioned trend? The highlights of the year 2015 show that the year has been a paragon of…

Snippets

& SNIPPETS

& SNIPPETS Gerald Wilde : From the Abyss 27 November 2015 – 30 January 2016 October Gallery presents From the Abyss, an exhibition of Gerald Wilde’s paintings comprising his early wartime works of the 1940s to his re-emergence in the…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

A Satirical demand for time-bound Graffiti and Street Art: Art on Public Walls and Streets in Bengaluru H.A. Anil Kumar To represent what one wants to but doesn’t wish to be identified as its author, due to the pleasure inherent…

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COVER STORY

Street Art- A perceptible trend to rekindle social cognizance Apurva Sinha “I have always paid a great deal of attention to what happens on walls. When I was young I often even copied graffiti”- Pablo Picasso Wide walls, artistic valour,…

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COVER STORY

Paris: Beauty of Graffiti – ART & DEAL CORRESPONDENT History shows that the street art flourished in the 1980s. Two pioneers are at work: Blek le Rat, stencil painter who was inspired by a cartoon character, Blekle Rock, and Jérôme…

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COVER STORY

Establishing The Public Space as a Canvas Aastha Duggal Today’s Indian street art takes on the same mission with its inclination towards social commentary. From matters of civic welfare to implications of political conditions, street artists choose to address various…

Essay

ESSAY

Interior Monologues : Surendran Nair Uma Nair It was in September 2000 that Surendran Nair hit headlines for a brilliant work entitled “An actor rehearsing the interior monologue of Icarus”. This work was part of a curated show at NGMA…

Essay

ESSAY

Bhimbetka- A Journey From Pre-Historic Socio-Cultural Habitat To A World Heritage Entity Apurva Sinha “Like a painted wall falsely delighting the mind” – Maitri Upanishad On 24th November, Google celebrated the 41st anniversary of the discovery of Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis)…

Essay

ESSAY

Of Fibre Deities And Many Voiced Design: Mrinalini Mukherjee Aparna Roy Baliga Women as sculptors did not get the required visibility. The physical act of sculpting was mostly thought as that which belonged to the men, and the names of…

Profile

PROFILE

Josh P. S. : Artist with an Eye for Markers of Time and History DR. Nuzhat Kazmi In todays India we must respect Historical tenacity and validity as never before. Scientific temper and deep rooted reverence for the knowledge area…

Profile

PROFILE

Kalabhakesari : Urban Ruins Uma Nair “My work is about struggle, it’s about the cages we are put into because society slots us and gives us a place according to the money we have, the people we know. We are…

Review

REVIEW

Industrious Illustrations@ India International Centre [DELHI] Uma Nair It was during my winter time at New York that I would look for exhibitions of just drawings. The person who introduced me to the world of drawings was my friend Francis…

Review

REVIEW

1 L0tus 8 Seon/Zen Buddhism and Achrya Bodhidharma Art works from Korea [DELHI] Insang Song The number 108 has a very significant spiritual meaning in Buddhism and other spiritual traditions. It is a number that symbolically represents all the worldly…

Editorial

EDITORIAL

The entire country is in festive mood and twirling with ecstasy, of course the festivals make you lively and joyous. With the Goddess Durga’s advancement on an elephant and departure in a palanquin, the festival of lights is approaching to…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

At the heart of the 56th Biennale di Venezia is a consideration of the state of things Art & Deal International Correspondent Okwui Enwezor, director of the Biennale and curator of the international exhibition, organized a show that pushes his…

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COVER STORY

Sunset at Shanti Niketan-Jehangir Art Gallery : Sanjay Bhattacharya Uma Nair Imagine standing before canvasses that are bathed in golden, warm sunlight with the setting sun burning in its coppery sheen like Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s narrative in The Ancient Mariner.12…

Obituary

OBITUARY

Shamshad Husain-[1946 – 2015] Art & Deal Correspondent “I think drawing and painting human figures is not very easy, but what matters is the empathy one has, and it is this that I seek to express.” – Shamshad Husain Known…

Essay

ESSAY

Vaishnava Moorings-A speculative thought rendered through the sculptures of Udayagiri Hills, Vidisa, Madhya Pradesh Apurva Sinha The ancient city of Vidisa (Vaishyanagar) or ‘Vedisgiri’’, popular for many aeons is credited for the nascence of Vaishnava edifices. Located at the confluence…

Essay

ESSAY

An Unforgettable Chapter in Indian Art: Kshitindranath Majumder Anindya Kanti Biswas Abdur Rahaman Chughtai is the greatest artist till now in Pakistan. Young Kshitindranath again returned to Allahabad town after completion of art education in Govt. Art School. The highest…

Report

REPORT

Fundraiser for the Elephants of India Art & Deal Correspondent Elephants are folk divinities in three major religions, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Gautama the Buddha descended in the form of a white elephant, mothers of Jain Tirathankars saw elephants in…

Report

REPORT

Binoy Varghese-Art Bahrain Uma Nair Binoy Varghese is at best an artist who combines Classical and Modern Painting Skills to create hyper realist works. His works at ART BAHRAIN are produced with his superb, signature techniques: the layering of rich…

Report

REPORT

Art & The City: A Venue of Representational Dilemma H.A. Anil Kumar While offering the hard copy of the invitation to his first solo show at Alliance Francoise (Bengaluru) recently (September 2015), Saleem Shoyab, a recent post-graduate from the College…

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REPORT

Ahoy Aboard! From the Galleries at India Art Festival 2015 Sushma Sabnis The eagerly awaited India Art Festival 2015, at the Nehru Centre, Mumbai brings to the art lovers an annual art and aesthetic platter with art galleries and individual…

Review

REVIEW

‘In Search of the Author’ by Ajay kumar [Kochi] Tanya Abraham I write this article during a time when I am noting down details of another one of a similar language, for a local publication. The article concerns itself with…

Review

REVIEW

12th Solo Sculptural Show of Kiran Dixit Thapar [DELHI ] Anindya Kanti Biswas We are very much accustomed with the fact that when most artists of her age are doing commissioned work and thinking of winding up, 69-year-old Kiran Dixit…

Cover Story

EDITORIAL

We all know of the legendary fi lm maker Satyajit Ray for his iconic and visionary eye for fi lmography, but few know of his fi nesse with the pencil and the brush. An ode to the lesser known and…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

SATYAJIT RAY: BEYOND PAINT, BRUSH & SKETCH PEN – On the day one of his admission to school, a little boy was asked to describe something uncommon he had come across, while on the way to the school. The boy…

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EASSAY

THE ROLE OF THEATRE IN ART FILMS – Art films i.e. Parallel Cinema is an upcoming industry in India which has been here but is getting popularity now. Why now? Because, the good thing is, now that the understanding of…

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ESSAY

Dhamnar (24° 12′ N and 75° 30′ E) rock-cut caves are an eloquent example of the exemplary carving skills of the bygone ages, and an indicator of the contemporary evolution of thought, expression, and religion. Located in the Mandsaur district…

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ESSAY

DRAWING AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF MODERN DAY LIVING – Drawing is not only a preliminary stage of an art work, it is also one of the most primal forms of art which has sustained over centuries, and still thrives…

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REPORT

Recently Art Alive Gallery organised legendary artist Sakti Burman’s landmark solo show, and a book launch on his work and journey, titled ‘SAKTI BURMAN: A Private Universe’. The book showcases some of the rare early works that have never been…

Cover Story

REPORT

POLLINATION AS RESILIENCE A LOOPHOLES 080:30 EMBODIMENT OF ART AS PLACE In 2013, Suresh Kumar G invited a group of creative practitioners, most of them under the age of thirty into his Loopholes project – a curatorial umbrella under which…

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FEATURE

Gogi Saroj Pal is an eminent contemporary female artist from India. She was born in Neoli, a small sub-urban area in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. She is a charismatic personality, and hails from an illustrious family, where her…

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INTERNATIONAL

VALENTINA DUSAVISTSKAYA Valentina Dusavistskaya is a professional Russian artist, who specializes in sculpture and painting. She is the director of Art “АРТ ПЕНЗА галерея” fine art gallery, Manager of AIESM in Russia, the curator of international sculpture symposium, and wife…