Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Month: February 2021

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THE VOICE OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHER: STEVE McCURRY – adapted by Ashley Crabill from the book steve mcCurry: a life in Pictures by Bonnie mcCurry (2018) Steve mcCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more…

Editorial

Dear Readers, I would start off with the message quoted by T.S. Eliot in Four Quartets, where he said and I quote, “ For last year’s words belong to the last year’s language, and the next year’s words await another…

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The Magical Tool: History of Photography in india Since 1840 Gaurav Kumar Without the natural gift of artistic expression, all the art knowledge in the world will, in nine cases out of ten, when applied to photography prove futile. It…

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Raja Deen Dayal: An Unforgettable Artist & Prince of Photographers Gaurav Kumar hile the world of Indian princes adopted the British raj, an Indian photographer rose to a place of great prominence and honor. he was lala deen dayal (1840-1905)….

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Framing Representations Indian Women in Early Photography – Surabhi Sharman The 19th century witnessed the growing acceptance of western modernity in India, and as a result, a counter ideology of the New Indian Woman began to permeate into the nationalist…

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Sunil Janah’s Photo Journalism: Weaving Everyday Aaesthetics Through Politics – Urvi Chheda Old man: (While sipping curry) this lack of rice and the way the price of rice is increasing like this. do you know why this is happening? Gangacharan:…

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Beyond The Human Eye – Aadya Baoni “Photography enabled me to record with a camera the images seen by my eyes and then transform them to the perceived ones I desired, in a darkroom or with Photoshop.” – Jyoti Bhatt…

Report

Report

Goa Familia: An Evolving Archive Of The Goa’s Social History – Manashri Pai Dukle Photography in India has been an important aspect of documentation, since the time of its origin in the mid-19th century. Propagating at a time when colonial…

Feature

Feature

Ethics In Contemporary Photojournalism – Has Kajodi Reached Home? – Rahul Bhattacharya Many years ago, the Wanted series initiated the dialogue on ethics in photography. a seminar was organised at max muller Bhavan delhi in collaboration with goa- Cap and…

Profile

Profile

Elements Of The Earth Metaphysical Crimson Meditations – Elizabeth Rogers Innate harmonies, connecting broader dimensions of time and space, thus art provides a means to express the imagination in non-grammatical ways not tied to the formality of spoken or written…

Profile

Profile

Pushpamala N: Role Of Media In The Re-imagined Cultural Milieu – Saraswathy K Bhattathiri Pushpamala is a Bangalore based photo performance artist extensively working on themes around representation and gendered identities from 1990s. With a degree in sculpture and practice…

Profile

Profile

Codes Painted On Internet: Art Of Baiju Parthan – Arushi Basaria “Paintings, digital media works and installations that I have been producing for the last three decades or so, have a common thread, which is my interest in cosmological (cosmographical…

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Profile

Introspecting The New Paradigms In Photojournalism Of The Folk Communities By Partha Seal – Afreen Kraipak Khyriem The oeuvre of the photojournalist Partha seal is perceptive to the documentation of folk communities, livelihood, and interaction of rural with the encroachment…

Interview

Interview

Of Art, Heritage & Wanderlust In Conversation With Sanjay Das – Upasana Bhattacharya A camera, an sUV and some great ideas. sanjay das travels through the country, riding on his Bucephalus, winning one great imagery after another. Images of Indian…

Interview

Interview

Sisterhood. Togetherness. Belonging A Conversation With Sujata Khanna – Prachi Venkataraman The camera has been a vital way of bearing witness to world events. social documentary photography reinvents this tool to shed light on deeper social issues and is often…

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Radio Mirchi X Aravani Art Project #lionsofcovid The aravani art Project is an artistic collective that creates spaces for people from the transgender community to connect with other communities and cultures in their local neighborhoods. through public art and interventions,…

Book Review

Book Review

Your Studio Crumbled And Died – Joyona Medhi Daffodils gave way to diamonds, Bicycles went out of fashion, Butterflies shed their wings and cried, Your studio crumbled and died… The saint Paul daily globe, a newspaper of note in minnesota,…

International

International

Luc Tuymans: Downfall – Rajesh punj To look at and into a painting of Belgian artist luc tuymans is to encounter the visual world as though born of abstraction. of ice-cream coloured textures that serve to illustrate the banality of…