Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Month: March 2017

Editorial

EDITORIAL

Spring is here. Flowers bloom in effervescent colours all over the capital. Nothing inspires art like nature. The last few months witnessed several major art fairs/festivals. The upcoming Venice Biennale VIVA ARTE VIVA will open in May this year. La…

Snippets

SNIPPETS

THE INSPIRED FRAME, ROHIT CHAWLA Tasveer, Bikaner House, New Delhi Tasveer presents The Inspired Frame — an exhibition of photographs by Rohit Chawla that pay tribute to three renowned and seminal artists: Raja Ravi Varma, Gustav Klimt and Frida Kahlo,…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Art Fair and Art Dr. Seema Bhalla The question that arises is about the purpose of Art Fairs. The participating galleries vary from the most important to the new entrants who are trying their luck in the Art bazaar. The…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Fairs Dr. Seema Bawa The closest term for a fair in Sanskrit is a Mela meaning ‘gathering’ or ‘to meet’ or a ‘fair’. In the Indian subcontinent it has been used for all sizes of gatherings that may be religious,…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Ruminations…Audiences and Other Things – II Lina Vincent Sunish It is not easy to create, design, and execute a multi-layered program of large scale – it takes a huge amount of planning, teamwork, administration and infrastructure, not to forget the…

International

INTERNATIONAL

Ourselves Alone-an interview with Alex Katz Rajesh Punj Drawing attention to the foibles of fashion, American Alex Katz sees paintings of the modern period as much a reward to his own practice, as the artists of that moment are his…

Essay

ESSAY

Curator’s Perspective A Kochi Muziris Biennale Collateral Tanya Abraham I have taken back much more than I have given to the custodial work last year. The collateral projects of the Kochi Muziris Biennale by Kashi Art Gallery helped me experiment,…

Interview

INTERVIEW

The Arts Outreach Society – Going a Step Further Lina Vincent Sunish The Arts Outreach Society is a new arts-resource organisation in Kerala, founded and helmed by journalist and arts professional Tanya Abraham. Relooking at the place art receives in…

Review

REVIEW

“There is no forgetting from the lips of the people” Sculptural solo exhibition-Benitha Perciyal Indira Lakshmi Prasad “Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the…

Editorial

EDITORIAL

It has been an interesting month. NASA scientists discovered seven exo-planets orbiting a dwarf star, (the TRAPPIST-1 system) roughly forty light years away that are fairly similar to Earth in size, three of these are in the habitable zone, i.e….

Snippets

SNIPPETS

bootstrapping – Goutam Ghosh Project 88, Mumbai There is an adjustment period in the morning, waking up from a long night’s sleep — “we haven´t managed to keep a steady sleeping pattern these last months. We feel this constant buzz…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Colour Coded An interview with Rana Begum Rajesh Punj For the American sculptor Donald Judd simplicity served to celebrate the object in space. Deciding “it isn’t necessary for a work to have a lot of things to look at, to…

Cover Story Feature

FEATURE

Studio at Varda: Memories of a Visit Lina Vincent Sunish I least imagined that one day I would be photographed with a knife in my hand and a scowl on my face, playing the protagonist in an incredible narrative that…

Feature

FEATURE

Aruna Sairam a musical journey through time Hema Iyer Ramani Strains of beautiful lines such as these wafted through the entire space ina homely apartment in Bombay each morning. If itwas in praise of Rama one day, it was Muruga…

Interview

INTERVIEW

Gopi Gajwani: Short Poems in Colour Preeti Kathuria Gajwani’s recent solo show titled “Meditative Silence” at Triveni, New Delhi was loved by many and Gajwani’slively presence and interaction with his audience amidst the spirited display of his works had a…

Essay

ESSAY

Popularizing Phulkari Through The Indian Fashion Industry Rajinder Kaur India is a land of multiple traditional textiles which show the creativity and expression of various regional artists. The regional and cultural diversity of every place can be easily noticed in…

Review

REVIEW

Saba Hasan ‘Undeciphered Fates’ Book installations, voice and video Indira Lakshmi Prasad Having been deeply involved with representations of conflict and peace throughout her career, Hasan takes on the role of provocateur in her featured video installation.The piece, ‘Burnt Book…