Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Month: January 2016

Editorial

EDITORIAL

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” The editor welcomes the year 2016 with an interactive essence, and a notable spirit to bring out the artist in you. The notion that I am going to…

Snippets

SNIPPETS

Chamba Rumal: Life to a Dying Art Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in collaboration with Delhi Crafts Council A unique traditional art form, the Chamba Rumal is an embroidered square cloth from Chamba in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Accumulated Consciousness: An interview with Hema Upadhyay Rajesh Punj Mumbai based artist Hema Upadhyay appears utterly affected by the cityscape, as she explains of movement and migration as though it were a modern disease inflicted upon the masses. As they…

Interview

INTERVIEW

AN Interview with Dr. Nick Merriman Preeti Kathuria Preeti Kathuria: What according to you is the biggest obligation of a public museum towards its public who supports it through their taxes? Nick Merriman: The greatest obligation of a public museum…

Interview

INTERVIEW

AN AWAKENING The women’s project – Q & A with the participants Lina Vincent Sunish Preeti Kathuria: What according to you is the biggest obligation of a public museum towards its public who supports it through their taxes? Nick Merriman:…

Obituary

OBITUARY

Hema Upadhyay [1972 – 2015] Art & Deal correspondent “I produce realistic form-based works, often as a construct of the ‘truth’ or ‘reality’ that surround us “- Hema Upadhyay A painter, a printmaker, an installation artist, a sculptor and then…

Essay

ESSAY

Geometrical patterns as work of folk art in Haryana -a sub regional study Ranbir Singh Patterns created in geometrical forms that became part of the folklore of the village communities settled long ago in various sub-regions of modern Haryana –a…

Report

REPORT

“Mezzaterra ” 12th Solo Exhibition of Indrapramit Roy Anindya Kanti Biswas The exhibition titled, ‘Mezzaterra’, artworks of the famous Indrapramit Roy, transformed Kolkata into a mystical land. ‘Mezzaterra’, as the name suggest means either middle or common ground. According to…

Review

REVIEW

Rustic Resonance: Striking a chord of bountiful imagination An exhibition of artworks of Gopal Ghose Apurva Sinha ‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’-John Keat ‘I love all beauteous things nurtured by that powerful emotion which stimulates a…

Review

REVIEW

The Silent call of the Earth by Achia Anzi [DELHI] Apurva sinha Do you have an answer to what is existence? Looking to a work of art for an answer? I’ll not say that all of your puzzled thoughts would…

Review

REVIEW

Kesa-vinyas- ‘A peep into the genesis art of hair-dressing in India’ [DELHI] Apurva Sinha When you see an exquisite piece of artwork, it must bring back multiple memories from the past history, giving strength to your cultural moorings. An innovative…