Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

    • Year: 2017

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    Deconstructing The Ritual Megha Joshi Indira Lakshmi Prasad Megha Joshi recognizes that the state and religion, while technically being separate entities, are intrinsically connected and informed by one another. Religion, the artist notes, informs and influences every area of life,…

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    Involving Reality An interview with Hiroshi Sugimoto : Rajesh Punj The majority of the theatre houses were built in the 1920’s – from 1920 to 1926. That was the peak period of that kind of entertainment, and also that was…

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    Obituary

    Obituary

    Chitralekha Sen TagoreArt & Deal Correspondent It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of artist, mother, sister and friend Chitralekha Sen Tagore. She was born in Guwahati, in the state of Assam as the eldest child of…

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    Essay

    OF THE HOUR GLASS AND THE MOVIN G IMAGES OF ETERNITY IN THE WORKS OF SANGEETA GUPTA Dr. Aparna Roy Baliga Shiva, the ultimate creator, does his Tandava to destroy all that has become irrelevant and unnecessary, and in the…

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    The Color of Wat er : Tarshito Katie Lazarowicz As a part of a world tour Tarshito was seeking a Gond artist to represent India in “The Path of the Wayfarer in Love,” an enormous scroll which will travel to…

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    Of Spaces and Stories Neha Mathrani In the context of the arts, The Story of Space became perhaps one of the more ambitious undertakings in the country. It was a community funded and driven campaign, powered by volunteers, online crowd-funding,…

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    Revisiting Sailoz Mookherjea (1907- 1960): An Artist With a Bohemian Soul Mallika Chakrawarti Many years ago, an artist had begun a silent revolution in India. At least two decades before the Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group was conceived, Sailoz Mookherjea imagined…

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    Yes Art Can Art & Deal Correspondent Yes Art Can 2017 is just the beginning installment of a series of exhibitions which will take place over the next few years. The exhibition was held at the prominent IGNCA (Indira Gandhi…

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    This, The Sublime and it’s Double : Tanya Goel Indira Lakshmi Prasad The ultra-modern architecture of Nature Morte Gallery, South Delhi, was perhaps the perfect complimentary environment for Tanya Goel’s most recent solo exhibition ‘This, The Sublime and it’s Double’….

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    Editorial

    Editorial

    The weather of chill breeze and warm sweaters is indeed upon us, and the long dark nights are brightened by the vivid illuminations and sounds which wedding season brings. Across the world many prepare for Christmas, with each corner of…

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    Let 100 Flowers Bloom – Binoy Varghese Indira Lakshmi Prasad The works as a collection do not have individual titles, but are all grouped under the title ‘Let 100 flowers bloom’ Its one story under one title, consisting of around…

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    Interview

    Rapid Fire An interview with An-My Lê Rajesh Punj Luxembourgian American photographer Edward Steichen said of a portrait that it “is not made in the camera but on either side of it” as a way of explaining how images are…

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    From Coal to Gaz to Art: Priyanka Govil Lilian Hasler & Gaudenzpfister When Priyanka Govil, a Delhi and Bangalore based artist, arrived at the site of her grant at Schlieren, she might have been overwhelmed. The height of her studio…

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    Essay

    Sumantra Sengupta – A Journey Away From Humanism Indira Lakshmi Prasad Having recently exhibited work in New Delhi at Art Konsult, as part of the exhibition ‘Contrabanned’ Sumantra Sengupta’s latest series of works titled ‘Hahakar’ explores the loaded issue of…

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    A SCULPTURAL AFFAIR Lina Vincent Sunish RMZ Ecoworld in Bangalore unveiled their sculpture park initiative in July 2017, opening out the possibility for thousands of office goers and general public to come in contact with art works of considerable beauty…

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    Chitrashaala Art & Deal Correspondent In September 2017, it was in the picturesque Rajasthani town of Chittorgarh that the fourth edition of Chitrashaala art residency an initiative by Justa Hotels, and brainchild of the hotelier Ashish Vohra and curator Anirudh…

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    Review (Delhi) Swadeshi Art: Treasures of Calcutta’s Pre-Bengal School Mallika Chakrawarti A treasure-trove of vintage lithographs and paintings from 19th century Bengal was showcased at New Delhi’s Akar Prakar Art Advisory. The exhibition titled ‘Swadeshi Art’ was on view from…

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    Review (Hyderabad) Two solo shows Palak Dubey Apart from regular group shows and art events, the city of Hyderabad recently hosted two noteworthy solo shows. Kiran Kumar Varikilla’s preview show at Gallery Space (8th August to 14th August) titled ‘Form…

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    Review (Delhi) Art Bahrain, Across Borders Art & Deal correspondent There could not have been a more opulent setting for ‘Art Bahrain, Across Borders’ than Bikaner House in central Delhi. The atmosphere on the opening night was certainly electric; a…

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    Editorial

    Editorial

    We move into the long awaited winter months with pleasant breeze and comfortable weather, yet the forecast of ‘smoke’ is a reminder of the pollution we face after the festive season. Here in Delhi we have witnessed the first year…

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    Illustration In Conversation with British Illustrator – Ian Miller Indira Lakshmi Prasad My mother worked for a company called Simmons in the 1950’s which was based in Covent Garden (London) and was perhaps one of the biggest theatrical milliners and…

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    The Information Age An interview with Xu Zhen Rajesh Punj Entrepreneurship is the best form of practice to create profit, and the profits from the brand Xu Zhen and MadeIn company are channeled back into art to make it bigger….

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    Recollections of a journey For a Beautiful World Dhiraj Choudhury “I do not want to die in this wonderful world, I’d like to live among people” – thought from a poet. No one can stop time or touch it; it…

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    Whispering Torsos – Loud Motion SANGEETA KUMARI Torsos communicate the physical and mental being of a woman, of substance which she carries in the aura of her personality with esteem. In the anatomy of a woman the torso is the…

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    Delhi A TEMPORARY MUSEUM OF OUR TIMES AND IDEAS Dhritabrata Bhattacharjya Tato ‘Permitted’ and ‘prohibited’ are two sides of the same coin. They switch over from one side to the other with the change of location – both politcal and…

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    Kolkata Between Method and Material: The Shifting Shape of Pedagogy Sampurna Chakraborty “The reason why art practice changes is not far to seek. Whatever its position in the hierarchy of activities in a society, art practice is a part of…

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    Editorial

    Editorial

    We enter the month of October still feeling the electric energy of Durga Puja and Dussehra celebrations in the air, and the cool nights of autumn to look forward to and of course the blissful celebration of light, Diwali which…

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    Durga Puja: Celebration of art & Creativity Partha Mukherjee & Priyanka Mukherjee Contrary to what many may believe, Durga Puja is more a celebration of art than a religious festival. It is a carnival of creativity that enfolds when magic…

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    Future of Kumartuli’s Artisans Anything that has a strong foundation and adapts to changing times, stays relevant, and survives. When it comes to art and skills, who determines whether a particular art practice needs to be preserved? Any form of…

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    The History of Durga Puja in Barak Valley, Assam Shanku Sharma (Translated from Dr. amalendu Bhattacharjee’s Article in Bengali) The origin of Durga Puja in Silchar may not be known but the essence of celebrating the festival remains intact. This…

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    Durga Puja Images and Pandals of Silchar: Storyteller of Tradition, Socio-Culture and Aesthetics Dr. Meghali Goswami "Durga Puja, however, goes far beyond religious gathering of a particular religion, or community. In fact, visiting the Pandals in recent years, one can…

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    Panpatti: ‘KumarTuli’ of Silchar, Bearing Century old idol making Tradition Dr. Ganesh Nandi "More than hundreds of years back many idol makers used to come to Panpatti from various districts of present Bangladesh to work and they supplied idols to…

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    Shakti the devine power.. Satarupa Das "the Navapatrika or Kolabou is a form of Durga, which symbolizes all the aspects of nature in a complex vegetative state. Autumn or Sarad-writu was also the season for crops and the peasants worshiped…

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    The Durga Puja Pandal: Centre Stage of Festivities and Creative Energies Mallika Chakrawarti A week back, the rain-bearing clouds which hovered over Delhi gave way to resplendent sunshine. The haze brought on by monsoons seemed to have lifted, and my…

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