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PUBLISHER’S PEN This anthology of criticisms has taken a year to materialize and we are looking at a wide variety of art events and exhibitions the world over.Talwar Gallery’s A.Balasubramanium’s solo exhibition at the Gallery in Delhi had the ability…
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Van Gogh’s Roses and Irises@ Metropolitan Museum New York Uma Nair New York: History happens when the present bows to the past.At the Met Museum in New York,Van Gogh’s Roses and Irises are united in the manner of quoting T.S….
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Picasso Sculptures Enthrall @ Moma Uma Nair Picasso Sculptures at MOMA had this eclectic insignia about it that invited intrigue and curiosity more than the auction news that was circling the market. Somehow with all the highs of the art…
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Beyond The Black Sun : Sayed Haider Raza Uma Nair ‘Aarambh’-Sayed Haider Raza’s adagio to his birthday at 93 plays out like a morning ‘raaga’-its nuances and notes finding harmonies within the realms of colours and tonalities and flowing between…
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Restrained Rhythms : A. Balasubramaniam @ Talwar Gallery, New Delhi Uma Nair “In the work of the cavity I thought of the balloon-the pressure of the wind-the human body both from out and also within—how the outer skin folds and…
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Subodh Gupta Storma New York Uma Nair ‘When I see utensils, it gives me a feeling I can’t describe. I get very excited,’ says Gupta, of his process. ‘The marks of the utensils just tell me so many stories and…
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Urban Chos Hema Upadhyay Art & Deal Correspondent Everything she signifies is shown to us from a high vantage point – its an almost aerial view of multiple colours and insignias of stacks and shacks with their blue plastic cover-ings…
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Jamini Roy : Carved Contours, Dhoomimal Gallery Uma Nair Jamini Roy’s works speak to us about social consciousness and the indomitable human spirit.If we look at his work as an overview there is no illusion ,only the simplicity of the…
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Alfred watson’s Speech : 1929 Uma Nair “In a few moments I shall declare open the exhibition of the works of Mr. Jamini Roy. Those who study the various pictures will be able to trace the development of the mind…
EXHIBITION
‘Nauras’ Unveils Cultural Zenith of 16th-19th CE Southern Sultanates Shruthi Isaac The size may not merit special attention, but the figures in it definitely do. For, the 89cm x 74cm Kalamkari work throws light on the region’s cosmopolitanism at the…
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Watching Wounds Through The Hands of a Master Art & Deal The mention of Wounds at Akar Prakar brought back lots of memories. Somnath Hore in Shantiniketan was more than an artistic journey, it became the genesis inspiration, and those…
EXHIBITION
Print and Pulp : Haunting Residues Uma Nair “What do I paint? Expression of my own self, revolving around the one concept – Wounds. All the wounds and wounded I have seen are engraved on my consciousness. ” – Somnath…
EXHIBITION
Sultans Of Deccam India, 1500-1700 : Opulence and Fantasy Metropolitan Museum New York Uma Nair The magnifi cent museum Sultans who ruled the Deccan in the middle ages, prided themselves on attracting the best available literary and artistic talent to…
EXHIBITION
Jeevan Chakra : Multicity Arts Project, Curator Laitka Gupta Uma Nair January 2016 saw an exciting programme of cultural activity across three cities -Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi – all part of Medicine Corner. The programme was an initiative of one…
EXHIBITION
Calligraphy and Fine Art Aiyana Gunjan Craft vs Art : vCraft is a tradition passed on, repeated, done over and over again. In craft there is the collective unconscious made conscious with every stroke. The form, the subject, the lines,…
EXHIBITION
Spirit of Children : Christine Margotin Uma Nair At the celebration of India International Centre’s Experience Festival as well as Lalit Kala Akademi ChristineMargotin’s sculptures of children drew gazes and interest alike.” I do not paint bronze but I prepare…
ARCHITECTURE
Sanderson : ICC Art Gallery Uma Nair At the India International Centre Gallery was an exhibition that made Delhi’s ancestors grin with happiness. ‘Graphic brilliance vies with vintage vitality’. A delightfully laid out aesthetic extravaganza of the historic haunts of…
PHOTO ESSAY
Paris Palette Text & Photographs : Rupin Nair Thomas It was 2001, as I sat in my honors seminar class I was handed the reading package for the semester. We were to participate in a ‘conversation’ for a semester on…
