Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Year: 2015

Cinema

CINEMA

RupKotha : A Short Film Art & Deal Correspondent Rupkotha shows how, sometimes, some incidents in life effect/hurt us so badly that they weaken us mentally and physically for the time being. In such a state ending one’s life seems…

Photo Feature

PHOTO FEATURE

“The Fabled Hampi” by Ganesh Doddamani Art & Deal Correspondent On The Occasion Of World Heritage Day, Art Spice Gallery At The Metropolitan Hotel & Spa Gifts Presented An Enthralling Exhibition, “The Fabled Hampi” By An Award-Wining Artist, Ganesh Doddamani….

Review

REVIEW

Recent Abstract Executions Of Minakshi Patil [Mumbai] Mrinal Ghosh In her recent paintings, Minakshi Patil experiments with a particular form of abstraction, where she tries to capture an intangible feeling generated out of a very tangible reality that one experiences…

Review

REVIEW

Art and History, finding One Another [Delhi] Art & Deal Correspondent An Indian kaleidoscope – An exhibition bringing together the best of art and history from India 200 years ago by Pran Sabharwal Foundation Exhibition featuring lithographs, wood engraving by…

Review

REVIEW

Museum of Unknown Memories [DELHI ] Premjish Achari Two significant events of the 1980s form an important memory in Manish Pushkale’s life and his artistic trajectory. The 1982 foundation of Bharat Bhavan and the 1984 tragic Bhopal Gas Tragedy has…

Review

REVIEW

Construing Exhibition Spaces A structure re defines everything in and around it. [Bangalore] Sandhya Annaiah Art practice in Bangalore is mostly noted for having established itself outside of the institutional spaces (like galleries, museums, art colleges etc.) and creating a…

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW

Daniells’work unearthed: A boon To Art Lovers, Historians Santanu Ganguly Daniells’ India: Views from the Eighteenth Century Introduction: B.N. Goswamy ISBN: 978-93-81523-63-6 Size: 425×298 mm, Illustrations: 95, Hardback with dust jacket Price: Rs 6,000/-, Pages: 204 Thomas Daniell and his…

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW

Nicholas Roerich/Ashok Dilwali: Inspired By The Himalayas Santanu Ganguly Nicholas Roerich/Ashok Dilwali: Inspired bythe Himalayas Publisher: Niyogi Books Photographs: 125, Pages: 174, Size: 425×298mm, Price: Rs 3,000/-, HB Nicholas Roerich (October 9, 1874 – December 13, 1947) was a Russian…

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW

Nobody’s Art –Everybody’s Art Lina Vincent Sunish To see art in a mutilated wall with plaster falling off, or a paan-blotch is a stretch. It is something that anyone living in India for long enough would question, surrounded as we…

Editorial

EDITORIAL

A few years ago, the recession was a fairly recent episode. It had not registered as an enduring correction from opportunist hype, but, seemed more like a temporary low-phase, aff ected merely by the global recession that hit in 2008….

Cover Story

COVER STORY

The Authenticity of the ‘Fake’ Art Market Neville Tuli Neville Tuli the Founder Chairman of the “Osian’s” Group elaborates on the “The Authenticity of the ‘Fake’ Art Market”, an in depth analysis of the politics that surround auctions and claims…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Alturaash determined to keep up the prestige of Indian art and artists: Asif Kamal Santanu Ganguly “In India, the tradition is that in the absence of the artist, the son/daughter/ trust gives the authentication certificate. It is just like the…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Institutionalizing The Indian Art Market: Waiting for the Big Bang Dr. Seema Bawa Shows, art fairs and auctions have made their presence felt in India, set to boost what some analysts feel is an expanding art market. The question is…

Obituary

OBITUARY

M. Sivanesan (1940-2015) Art & Deal The art world lost Sivanesan this year, a prolific artist of the times. He shall always remain an important name in Indian contemporary art. His indigenous subjects and his very selective colour palette marked…

Report

REPORT

Kochi Muziris Biennale-2014 Uma Prakash Uma Prakash appreciates the efforts and outcome of putting together a vivid assortment of unique and innovative works by 94 artists as she takes a closer look at some of them in the second edition…

Report

REPORT

Problems and possibilities of Museumisation and Art Pedagogy: Chitrakala Parishath-50 H. A. Anil Kumar In one of his later Kannada films ‘Dhruvathaare’, released in the late 1980s, the protagonist Rajkumar happens to be a painter, whose father was a farmer….

Report

REPORT

Stri Avalekha Priyanka Tagore 2015 has already been a year of many changes. An inexperienced party swept up the nation by storm with the best polling rate in the history of Indian politics. India opened the ICC Cricket World Cup…

Report

REPORT

Art for Concern: Creating Value Through Art Aahana Dhar Art is not always for art’s sake, as demonstrated by Concern India Foundation’s ‘Art for Concern’ exhibitions being held successfully across the country for more than a decade now. An art…

International

INTERNATIONAL

Singapore Art Fair, 2014 Art & Deal Correspondent The inaugural Singapore Art Fair was the first one in Asia dedicated to the art of the Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia (ME.NA.SA). An encouraging success story, that brought…

Essay

ESSAY

Bireswar Sen: The Only Miniature Landscape Painter Of Indian Art Scenario Anindya Kanti Biswas Anindya Kanti Biswas traces the artistic journey of the unparalleled miniature artist Bireswar Sen. His brilliant expertise, attention to detail and ability to portray the colossal…

Profile

PROFILE

Nabanita Guha Arputharani Sengupta Nabanita Guha’s Bengali heritage is a direct link to the conception of her figures. In a surreal landscape human beings wander with animals and mythological creatures. She weaves them into her canvas with paint and a…

Profile

PROFILE

Nothing Else But Love: Sculptures and Paintings by-P. Gnana Vidhya Gnana Gouresan Things base and vile, holding no quantity, love can transpose, to form and dignity. – William Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) This evocative quote from the Bard sets…

Review

REVIEW

“We Have Accepted As A People That The Female Breast Is Sexual”: Megha Joshi Objects [Delhi] Artika Raj “There is censorship of the female breast and nipple only. While the genitalia of both men and women are similarly covered, there…

Review

REVIEW

Excavation Eruption [Delhi] Premjish Achari “Suffocation overwhelms me in these closed roomsWhen I throw open the windows, miasma engulfs me.” -Kamleshwar, Partitions I write this review at a time when images of ISIS members vandalizing historic artefacts at the Mosul…

Editorial

EDITORIAL

Arvind Kejriwal took oath as the CM of Delhi for a second time, post a historical victory in the assembly elections. A remarkable instance of democracy being exercised truly as it was meant to be. A change is in the…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Ganga Spiritual Sojourn : Sidharth Uma Nair A SOLO SHOW BY SIDHARTH AT GALLERY ART KONSULT –INDIA ART FAIR 2015 CURATED BY UMA NAIR Uma Nair explores the spiritual, classical and the cotemporary elements that are juxtaposed skillfully by Sidharth…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Paresh Maity: The Contemporary Genius Santanu Ganguly Santanu Ganguly strives to explore the journey of prolific artist Paresh Maity, his uncanny proficiency and love for water colour, tracing the beginnings, development, transitions and consistencies and his present inclination towards photography…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Realizing the Removed Actions :Shridhar Iyer Johny ML Between painting or any other kind of creative act there are a few silent moments of performance that often go unnoticed when the final creative product is exhibited for a larger public….

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Such a long journey :Balbir Krishan Georgina Maddox Balbir Krishan’s incredible journey as an artist and individual is testimony of the triumph of the human spirit despite crushing odds. Sitting on the floor of his cozy studio in New Delhi’s…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

The Inner Circle : Wheel of Life and Other Works of Dako ji Devraj Dr. B. S. Rohini Iyengar Rohini Iyengar elaborates on the calescence of therianthropic imagery and mystical mythological forms and what they convey in the work of…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Circle Uncircled : Challenge of Medium and Challenging the Medium of Ceramics Johny ml In Rahul Kumar’s ‘Circle Uncircled’ you come across a constricted galaxy of celestial objects, luminous, kinetic in an illusory way and the inaudible rhythm of rotations…

Obituary

OBITUARY

Mrinalini Mukherjee [1949- 2015] Art & Deal Mrinalini Mukherjee, one of India’s most acclaimed contemporary artists passed away on February 2, 2015. Daughter of artists Benode Behari , a pioneer of Bengali modernism and Leela Mukherjee, Mrinalini was born in…

Interview

INTERVIEW

Tao Art Gallery: The inspiring Art Space in Mumbai Rajendra Tao Art Gallery, one of the most reputed and influential galleries in Mumbai, is celebrating its 15th anniversary in February this year. The mega art gallery with more than 8000…