Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

    • Year: 2018

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    Existential paradigms – Series of works on textile with embroidery and appliqué by Aditi Raman Palak Dubey The immensely intriguing works by Aditi Raman bring forth the changing and mutating terrains of her immediate surroundings perceived by her with open…

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    The Rebellion of the Dead Franck Barthelemy On 8th January, I was lucky enough to check my Facebook account and found a reminder sent by Nalini Malani : “last day of my show at the Pompidou Centre”. I thought I…

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    Arts to reach and teach: Indo-Korea workshop at Udaipur Apurva Sinha If you have never seen a light how do you know what it is? If you have never contemplated, how do you know what life is? If you have…

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    BUILDING BRIDGES – Art & Deal Correspondent And international, New Media Project; Building Bridges is an international collaborative project between Ushmita Sahu and Emergent Art Space, who brought together a group of 14 young artists from India and overseas to…

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    20/20 Vision An interview with Zach Harris Rajesh Punj There is something pleasurable whilst being intuitively irresponsible about spoiling a document; of rolling a pencil over it with the intention of applying free reason as free reign. But the action…

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    Fairyland In Conversation with Tessa Farmer Indira Lakshmi Prasad The work itself not only draws from, but utilizes the magic of the natural world. Tessa Farmer’s materials include found items such as animal bones, insects, plants, marine creatures and more….

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    Ashutosh Deb: Life and times Asudev wouldn’t have taken up the challenge to traverse his journey into the realms of visual art unless he had the whole hearted support of his wife, Bela who had her schooling at Kala Bhavana…

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    Each day we bear witness to the evolution of the art scene as it unfolds before us. This past few months has been the season for exhibition openings and events all over the country, and we await yet more showcase…

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    A Rare Indian Discovery in Scotland Historic environment scotland (hes) A century-old collection of photographs of India was discovered in the archive of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). This organization is now known…

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    Voicing the forgotten stories of the Mills in Bombay Tanishka D’lyma The Mythologies of Mumbai Project tells us a story more than 300 years in the making. It begins with King Charles II handing out the islets of Bombay to…

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    59th National Exhibition of Arts at Lalit Kala Akademi Himanshu Dabral The Lalit Kala Akademi’s National Exhibition of Art is held every year to exhibit works of brilliance and to give appreciation and recognition to outstanding artists. The 59th National…

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    The Politics of Hair Special Correspondent “I feel there is something unexplored about a woman that only a woman can explore.” —Georgia O’Keeffe Ritu Kamath’s studio is a hive of activity as she prepares for her upcoming solo exhibition. In…

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    Shades of Green: Abhijit Saikia Art & Deal correspondent Arts4All Gallery in Greater Kailash hosted the solo exhibition of Abhijit Saikia, aptly titled ‘Shades of Green’. It is the artists first ever solo exhibition which consisted of 14 works, including…

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    ‘I Wonder’ Rajesh Ram’s fifth solo show Indira Lakshmi Prasad Rajesh Ram’s fifth solo show ‘I Wonder’ came about after a hiatus of nine years, consisting of the artist’s most recent body of work. The water color and life-size bronze…

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    Layers of The Gaze Andréia Dulianel, Solo Exhibition Art & Deal Correspondent The exhibition ‘Layers of The Gaze’ by the Brazilian plastic artist Andréia Dulianel was organized by the India International Center and exhibited in the Art Gallery in the…

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    APPROPRIATING IDENTITY: CONTEMPORANEOUS ‘FOLK’ AND ‘TRIBAL’ VIKAS HARISH Even when photography was new in Europe, it was first introduced in Calcutta, India in the 1840s. The earlier drawings ‘Europeanised’ India, self-confessed by colonial officers, in an exotic representation of the…

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    MADHUBANI ART: CAPTURING MYTHOLOGICAL TALES & SOCIO-CULTURAL REALITIES MALLIKA CHAKRAWARTI Several generations have kept Madhubani art alive. In their spare time, women of the household would immerse themselves in this art, as it provided an opportunity to break the monotony…

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    THE ENCHANTED FOREST, THE LEGACY OF JANGARH SINGH SHYAM INDIRA LAKSHMI PRASAD Last October, Bikaner House in New Delhi hosted the exhibition of legendary modern Gond tribal artist Jangarh Singh Shyam. The exhibition was held following the release of the…

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    BARAK MUSEUM: RUNG THE PRELUDE FOR NEW POSSIBILITIES DR. GANESH NANDI Barak Valley is a historical place situated in the Southern part of Assam and covering mainly three districts; Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi. Many things combined together work as a…

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    A STUDY OF TRIBAL ART AND CULTURE OF BASTAR, CHHATTISGARH PINKI PRIYA For so long Chhattisgarh was a ‘terra –incognito’ for the historical world. It was the second half of the 20th century when historian and researchers attempted to draw…

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    AJRAKH: SINDH TO BARMER MADAN MEENA The block-printing Khatri community of Barmer recognize themselves as Bhram-Kshatriya (Hindu clan). This has relation to a popular mythical story – when Parshuram was eliminating every Kashtriya from the earth, he reached Sindh where…

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    FRAMING THE INDIGENOUS: DISCOURSES OF FEMINIZATION OF AESTHETICS THROUGH THE ORNAMENTAL AND THE DECORATIVE IN ALPONA IN EARLY 20THC.BENGAL DR. APARNA ROY BALIGA Early twentieth century Bengal saw the redesigning of the cultural sphere during the upsurge of the Swadeshi…

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    AIPAN MOTIFS: IMPLICATION OF CULTURE, TRADITION AND RELIGION IN THE LIFE OF KUMAONIS OF UTTARAKHAND ANIRBAN DHAR “In Art, Man reveals himself and not his objects.” Every region in India has its own style and pattern of Folk art. The…

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    KOYA ADIVASI ART FORMS BHADRACHALAM, KHAMMAM DISTRICT, TELANGANA STATE ARCHANA SONTI The story of the Koyas goes back to pre-historic times. They seem to have had a highly evolved civilization in the past in which they were a ruling Tribe….

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    STORIES ON SKIN NEHA MATHRANI In the Baiga community, it is both sexes that ink their bodies with the intricate designs, called Godna. However it is for women especially that the tattoos are singular markers of identity. The women are…

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    THE LEGACY OF SORA PAINTING, A DIMINISHING ART OF AN ARTISAN SHANKU SHARMA People, as they say, have very short memory. They forget their history, tradition, and heritage only to end up adopting modern technological gadgets and gizmos. Globalization may…

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    LITTLE FRAMES, LARGE LIVES AMBICA GULATI Among the more accoladed traditional artists, Mahaveer Swami has worked diligently for over four decades to keep the Bikaner miniature art alive In the narrow lanes of Bikaner lies a home where a 500-year-old…

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    EARTHEN-WORK OF SURMA/BARAK VALLEY: THROUGH THE EYES OF A YOUNG ARTIST DR. SIB SANKAR MAJUMDER For centuries, Barak Valley of Assam has been a melting-pot of various ethnic groups, cultural traditions which is richly reflected in its amazing variety of…

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    FOLKUS – LOOKING BACK SANJAY DE Folkus, the first-ever folk & tribal art gallery of north-east India, was opened on 6th December, 2017 at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road in Silchar, Assam. Sandipan Dutta Purkayastha, Pranab Seal and Ritam Chakraborty are…

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    MEENA TRIBES , TONK DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN PRASHANTA SEAL, MATI The Meena Tribe is one of the oldest tribal communities in existence, and in current times mainly inhabit mainland Rajasthan. The history of this Adivasi tribal group dates back to the…

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    Happy New Year! The landmark of new beginnings as we experience the global togetherness of watching the countdown clocks in our respective time zones on December 31st. From here marks fresh starts, yet with us we carry the retrospective accoutrements…

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