Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Month: August 2017

Cover Story

Cover Story

Art Tax. How will it aff ect the Indian Art Market? Should art work be taxed at all? – ART & DEAL CORRESPONDENT As of July 1st 2017 the BJP government has implemented GST (Goods and Services Tax) which will…

Editorial

Editorial

A characteristically warm August follows the first month of India having operational GST (Goods and Services Tax). In this first month of the new reform, confusion hangs in the air much like the haze of humidity around the city. There…

Report

Report

SURFACE SCRATCHES INDIRA LAKSHMI PRASAD The line between art and life should be kept as fluid, and perhaps indistinct, as possible. – Allan Kaprow. It’s difficult to pin point the exact origins of performance art. Having had a crucial role…

Interview

Interview

SUGAR COATED An interview with LIZI SÁNCHEZ RAJESH PUNJ I started working with wool and wallpaper, by applying wool onto the wall. All of which meant I was replacing painting and the two-dimensional for the threedimensional. And it was when…

Essay

Essay

SADANAND BAKRE: INDIA’S ELUSIVE MODERNIST PAINTER & SCULPTOR MALLIKA CHAKRAWARTI In newspaper records, Sadanand Bakre is described as a ‘reclusive’ painter who spent his last days in his quaint, Ratnagiri home, alone and friendless. ‘Elusive’ would be more befitting an…

Book Review

Book Review

PARALLEL WINGS: THE ART OF RIMI DHUMAL INDIRA LAKSHMI PRASAD The physical presence of this large sized hardcover gives a taste of the momentous contents within, before even beginning to read it. The stylish, minimal front and back covers featuring…

Cinema

Cinema

REVERSE INSIDE THE BODY – RAHU – A SENTY STORY OF A MENTAL BOY SAYAN DEY Two strangers met on a romantic night and then the world changes for them. This stereotypical opening seemingly has nothing more to offer, apart…

Review

Review

SHRUTI MAHAJAN TRAVERSING THROUGH PERIPHERIES AND OPEN EXTENTS PALAK DUBEY The series of works on display at Goethe Zentrum, Hyderabad by artist Shruti Mahajan (from 29th June to 11th July) were an extension of her series of works done on…

Review

Review

WALKING IN AN ICONOGRAPHIC PAST OF SOUTHERN INDIA: GOMBE MANSI DHIMAN MANDHWANI ‘The subject of India Iconography is one of the most fascinating branches of indology which found its origin in the womb of remote post.’ -D. N. Shukla ‘What…

Review

Review

MEET CHELSEA MANNING, WHOSE DNA IS MADE INTO A WORK OF ART ASHISH SHARMA After being in prison for seven years for disclosing sensitive military documents to WikiLeaks, Manning is back with the artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg for a collaborative show…