Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Year: 2023

Kyungwoo Chun’s Songs Without Lyrics by Manashri Pai Dukle

Kyungwoo Chun, born in 1969 in Seoul has been primarily working with photography and interactive performances involving his audience as his mediums. He is professor of photography at Chung-Ang University in Korea and is globally recognised for his blurry effusions…

Documenta, Globalization, and Multiculturalism by Rahul Dev

Why is documenta considered to be the most cutting-edge exhibition in the world of contemporary art practices? How was it started and in which direction it is leading? How does it affect the global art practices? We have a number…

A Trailblazer in the World of Art Curation An Interview with Rakhi Sarkar

Rakhi Sarkar is indeed a well-known figure in the art world, Rakhi Sarkar is a name synonymous with the promotion of art and culture in Kolkata, India, and beyond. As the eminent art curator and Director of the Centre of…

Enchanting pathways by Sumati Gangopadhyay

Shanta’s bronze sculptures, exquisite and majestic, capture the quintessence of femininity. Her artistic journey traces the intricate path from the innocence of childhood to the wisdom of womanhood. With a profound fascination for the female persona, she embarks on a…

Radiance of Cosmic Consciousness – Who Am I to Who I Am by Sonika Agarwal, Review By Art&Deal Correspondent

I had the privilege to attend the solo show by Sonika Agarwal titled Radiance of Cosmic Consciousness – Who Am I to Who I Am, which was an extraordinary and intimate experience. It was a testament to the artist’s creativity,…

Memory of Fragrance by Saraswathy K Bhattathiri

A Review of the solo show ‘Shedding the Skin’ by Surekha Sharada, at Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, 24th June–22nd July 2023 “There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophies.” Friedrich Nietzsche – Thus Spoke Zarathustra The existentialist…

Manifesting the Memory by Saraswathy K Bhattathiri

A review on solo show ‘Archive of Memory’ by Aiswaryan K at Gallery Sumukha, 10th September – 7th October, 2023, Bangalore. Archiving has been a human tendency to accumulate and reflect on the past as well as looking forward to…

From Streetlights to Starlight: Biren Singha’s Odyssey of Resilience, Artistry, and Triumph by Dr. Meghali Goswami

“My creations are not just sculptures; they are whispers of stories etched in different mediums, breathing life into the essence of our heritage.” Biren Singha Biren Singha, a prominent Indian artist of diverse talents, was born on the 13th of…

The Third Sphere by Amit Mukhopadhyay

One may look at antiquity and say that public art or art in public places existed in ancient Greece where the busts of political figures in the squares and the games, in the circuses were powerful carriers of political meanings….

How Green is My Valley by Kishori Kaul, Review By Uma Prakash

The spirit of Kashmir pervades through Kishori Kaul’s retrospective exhibition titled How Green Is My Valley and presented by Anant Art at Shridarani in Triveni Kala Sangam. Wonder and sensitivity, an integral part of the artist’s persona, is reflected in…

Metaphors of the Inner Realm by Latika Katt, Review by Uma Prakash

Well-known Indian sculptor Latika Katt’s (born in1948) eclectic exhibition at Gandhi-King Plaza, India International Centre, Delhi titled Metaphors of the Inner Realm showcased a collection of 57 sculptures, made from marble, terracotta, stone, and bronze. These remarkable sculptures move between…

Tuwaiq Sculpture 2023, Saudi Women Artists, Rajaa Alshafae

This is the fourth edition of what has become central to the Riyadh Arts calendar in Riyadh and Saudi Arabia, The Tuwaiq Sculpture Symposium rewards its artists, selected from an open call, with a tenacity that serves them, as they…

Of Lines and a Legacy: Remembering K.M. Namboothiri by Christina Ravi

From among the many artistic greats India has produced, a lithe, gentle giant stood larger than life through his nuanced, sensitive art using the most primitive two-dimensional form – lines. K.M. Vasudevan Namboothiri (13 September 1925 – 7 July 2023),…

The Spirit of Chromatic Metaphors By Elizabeth Rogers

Spirits and symbolic languages of art are universal, ever-evolving with paradigms of form, technique, and materials. The essence of a work reveals itself in an unending, unfolding of its receptivity and endurance, through viewers and the artist’s embrace of the…

Creating Magic: One Stitch at a Time by Amrita Mukherjee

The two-storey house is located in a typically quiet and thin lane of extended South Kolkata. The main door opens into a huge hall, and a flight of stairs leads to a first-floor room with large windows. As the sunshine…

Banglar Mati, West Bengal: Through The Lens of Love, Preview of The Red Hibiscus Trail by Sanjay Das

– Upasana Bhattacharya “Through my lens, I aim to tell the stories of India’s diverse traditions, capturing the essence of a bygone era that still lives within our communities.” – Upasana Bhattacharya There lies a thrilling, entrancing quality of nostalgia…

Art for Amity by Isha Modi Patodia

‘THE AIM OF ART IS TO REPRESENT NOT THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF THINGS, BUT THEIR INWARD SIGNIFICANCE.’ -ARISTOTLE In the modern-day multicultural ethos, while the “global village” has shrunk closer, it has also become a cauldron of conflict. Art has…

Oscar Kokoschka, Guggenheim Bilbao Dieter Buchhart, Anna Karina Hofbauer Oberwildling by Rajesh Punj

Closing in on a hundred when he died in February 1980, Austrian artist Oscar Kokoschka’s oeuvre appears to pulsate with an increasing nervosity that riddled much of his life; as a teenager, moving from one makeshift home to another, to…

The Third Sphere II by Amit Mukhopadhyay

DARE TO KNOW– Horace “BEGIN, BE BOLD AND VENTURE TO BE WISE”– Horace Immanuel Kant, the author of – What is Enlightenment? describes Enlightenment as man’s emergence from immaturity which is not only a lack of understanding of the self…