Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Year: 2016

Cover Story

COVER STORY

The Department Of Visual Arts, Assam University: Pride of North-East Dr. Ganesh Nandi As the chirpy birds wake to a clear golden sky, so do they. They feel the pulse of nature with their sixth sense, then invoke their aesthetic…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Learning to Unlearn Lina Vincent Sunish It is common knowledge that there is something mortally wrong with the way in which majority of our Fine Arts institutions are functioning – those who are within the system, and those without, are…

Interview

INTERVIEW

The Matter With Matter : An Interview With Bosco Sodi Rajesh Punj Mexican American artist Bosco Sodi is as much driven by imperfections in the process making part of his work, as he is appreciative of the clean context in…

Interview

INTERVIEW

Mahanadi : An Interview With Birendra Pani Pradosh Mishra For me, what I document and how I imagine and use it in my work is most important. I enjoy the process; I may or may not like the fi nished…

Report

REPORT

Go Wild for Life : World Environment Day, 2016 Apurva Sinha “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein Tender human relations nurture in the lap of nature, and it is nature that gives…

Feature

FEATURE

Tallur’s Stones For Summer Uma Nair Galleries in Delhi usually partake of a humdrum torrid summer by doing a summer show culled from their archives.When one such showof 5 sculptures circles around an art genius who travels the world, it’s…

Review

REVIEW

The Enigma a New Landscape: Solo Show of Gopal Samantray Vikash Nand Kumar This summer when the Indian Art Scene is little relaxed or may be planning new events for the next season of art, the effervescent street of South…

Editorial

EDITORIAL

Delhi hasn’t seen a summer this dry and this hot in a long time; hot wind, parching sun, and the yellow defiant blossoms lining the roads in snobbish pride of their own beauty amidst the harsh surroundings and barely breathable…

Snippets

SNIPPETS

Books Meet Art Art Centrix Space Books Meet Art. Partiipating Artists: Seema Kohli, Shridher Iyer, Kanchan Chander, Pallav Chander, Nayanaa Kanodia, Mukesh Sharma, Ankon Mitra, Antonio Puri, Harshavardhan D, Aditee Aggarwal, Anjali Goel, Pankaj Guru, Bhola Kumar, HK Monee, Heleni…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Jamil Naqsh – A Contemporary Classic Edward Lucie Smith Today Jamil Naqsh is one of the best-known artists of modern Pakistan – one who chooses to live in London as a recluse, paying occasional visits to relatives in Dubai. His…

Interview

INTERVIEW

Material Matters : An Interview With Michael Joo Rajesh Punj For Michael Joo the material matter of his works is as much about what is calculated, as that which comes by chance. Creating these physical portraits as part of the…

Essay

ESSAY

Riten Mazumdar : Designing New Aesthetics Ushmita Sahu In the decades following Independence, India witnessed the rise of a collective consciousness of modernist agenda in design inspired by nationalist cultural and economic policies adopted by the new government. An innovative…

Feature

FEATURE

Cultural Entrepreneuship Tanya Abraham Cultural Entrepreneurship is a topic, which has interested me for a long time. The challenge, having been in the creative field for a while now, lies in the idea of lucrativeness. Entrepreneurship brings alive the picture…

Feature

FEATURE

Power And Pathos : Arun Pandit Uma Nair “ For me the internet experience is a kind of disorientation which is the beginning and end, and in that way it’s like a closed question, that operates in a basic perceptual…

Profile

PROFILE

Meeta Pandit Art & Deal Correspondent For over a decade, Meeta Pandit has dedicated her voice to Indian Classical music and has earned eminent recognition in India and abroad. Belonging to the musical lineage of Hindustani classical musicians, she has…

Profile

PROFILE

A powerhouse of talent: Suvigya Sharma Art & Deal Correspondent From a quizzically alluring Radha Krishna illusion to JRD Tata’s portrait to his commendable restoration work at the iconic City Palace in Rajasthan – Suvigya Sharma’s glowing litany of artworks…

Editorial

EDITORIAL

Development and progress are essential for human survival, but it is also important that we choose compassionately what to destroy in order to rebuild and what to cherish and retain. India is known for its rich and diverse culture and…

Snippets

SNIPPETS

The Everla sting Flame : Zoroa strianism in History and Imagination National Museum, New Delhi The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination exhibition takes the sightseer on a expedition from the initial time of the religion to its surfacing…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Venkatappa Museum: The Question of Artistic Self-Esteem & Corporat e Insults H. A. Anil Kumar When detrimental governance’s desire to prosper turns ambitious, the first thing that happens to it is, it becomes numb to the genuine definition of what…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Gods and Monsters an interview with Marina Vargas Rajesh Punj Artist Louise Bourgeois said of her suspended objects in space, that they were about the “fear of falling,” admitting “horizontality is a desire to give up, to sleep, verticality is…

Interview

INTERVIEW

The Artful Life of R. Vijay : A conversation with Waswo X. Waswo Premjish Achari Premjish Achari: Is the book The Artful Life of R. Vijay about your collaboration with each other…or… Waswo X Waswo: My publisher Shane Suvikapakornkul at…

Feature

FEATURE

Renegotiang Imagery : Collages of V. V. Ramani Dr. Ashrafi s. Bhagat The contemporary discourse on Indian art is a witness to artists actively engaging with technology and manipulating its versatility to speak in many voices in order to express…

Feature

FEATURE

Vineet Kacker : Grace and Poise Uma Nair Vineet Kacker the ceramist once described his works as originating from a deep appreciation of history and spiritual elements. This artistic passion, rooted in tradition, was the launching point that propelled him…

Report

REPORT

Renaissances of Public Art: PUBLICA 2016 by Surbhi Modi and Jaipur Travel Photo Festival Santanu Ganguly There is a good sign or a sort of revolution that has started in the field of public art. Not only artists but also…

Review

REVIEW

Assemblage of the Flock: The Bird Project @ The Open Studio, Baroda Arati Desai “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” Maya Angelou’s quote gives words to the very being of…

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW

Assemblage of the Flock : Arms & Armour: The Royal Collection at the Jaipur City Palace Santanu Ganguly This lavishly illustrated book brings to us the splendid collection of medieval Arms and Armour at the City Palace Museum in Jaipur….

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW

Vijayanagara Empire Santanu Ganguly Vijayanagara, once one of the mightiest Hindu empires, has now been reduced to a mere village. Through extensive research and restoration efforts, dedicated conservationists and the ASI have made every possible attempt to restore the lost…

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW

Indian Classical Dance: The Renaissance and Beyond Santanu Ganguly Indian Classical Dance: The Renaissance and Beyond traces the journey of the evolution of Indian classical dance since the years of Independence. Covering the eight classical dance forms of India –…

Editorial

EDITORIAL

‘Time is relative. So are most things we perceive. It is only in relation from one to the other that a perspective is formed, since most assessments depend on some comparative analysis. As scientists struggle through endless theories and mathematical…

Snippets

SNIPPETS

69th Shriram Shankarlal Music Festival-2016 Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra Founded in 1947, the Shriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra has secured for itself, an unchallenged position as an active propagator of the Indian Classical Performing Arts, Mythological, Contemporary and Folk Productions of…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Relooking…. The Marks Left Behind Vrushali Dhage With the retrospective showing works done by G.R. Iranna nearly over the past two decades, beginning from his early art school days till the most recent ones; the artist discusses with Vrushali Dhage…

Interview

INTERVIEW

An Unspeakable Act- An Interview with New York based artist Ali Banisadr at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Rajesh Punj Painted whilst upright Ali Banisadr’s canvases appear as these aesthetic avalanches of accident and incident, in which the irrevocable imagery of…

Essay

ESSAY

Revisiting the art of F. N. Souza: Dadaistic Perspectives in the Portrayal of Women Mandakini Sharma History of painting has numerous movements and isms, which contribute significantly in the arrival of modern art. Of all, Dadaism movement, which started in…

Profile

PROFILE

Pristine World of Jai Zharotia Ranjan K. Ghosh As one of the leading present day Indian artists, Jai Zharotia has over the years evolved a unique style of his own which remains firmly rooted to the Indian ethos as far…