Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Month: August 2012

Cover Story

Fragmentary world offered by Photography

Notes on the historiography and comprehensively Fragmentary world offered by Photography The historicized methodology of the ‘meeting point’ between the pre-fixed frontal quality of sculpture and the overall appearance of painting is called as photography. So much for the aesthetic…

Essay

Essay

RAJA RAVI VARMA A MODERN ARTI ST OF INDIAThough his style was western but for the theme of his paintings and oleographs, he was very close to people, his art was also appreciated by common men. Raja Ravi Varma was…

Essay

Essay

Mythology in Post-colonial Indian arts At the outset of the festival season, this piece tries to unravel the eternal truth of the gods and goddesses, epics and jatakas. India, a 60-something nation, boasts a 5,000-year-oldcivilization, thanks to the Ramayana, Mahabharata,…

Face to Face

Face to Face

Vibha Galhotra is one of the leading contemporary avant-garde visual artists in India. Her oeuvre has travelled globally and hence paved the way for international market in India. In an open conversation with her, we discuss her unusual approach towards…

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Taste Of India Its just my eyes who actually makes me click whatever I see interesting around and specially focussing on something which i can actually make more interesting. I am trying to hold up a mirror to our society…

History

History

RELIGIOUS SYNCRETISM IN MANIPUR: A STUDY OF FEW INDIGENOUS SCULPTURES OF THE MEITEI SOCIETY Manipur is one of the seven sister states in the North Eastern part of India, but due to its geographical location, it appears to be isolated….

Media & Communication

Media & Communication

Utterly Butterly girl now celebrating her 50th Birthday Utterly butterly delicious! This line is almost known to everyone. Yes, it is the tag line of Amul which spurred the White Revolution in India and, in turn, made India the largest…

Film

Film

Pramathesh Chandra Barua: The eternal ‘Devdas ’ of Indian cinema Pramathesh Chandra Barua, popularly known as P.C. Barua to his colleagues, was a multi-faceted talent who was born in a place called Gauripur in Assam in 1903. This versatile genius…

Contributors

Contributors

H.A. Anil Kumar is a Bangalore based art historian, critic and lecturer at Chitrakala Partshath. Shukla Sawant is an artist and a teacher, Dept. of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New delhi Debabrota Das is a curator and writer…

Editorial

Editorial

The terrible heat plaguing the city has subsided. Rains have ushered in scantily. As we anticipate the monsoons to herald a new beginning, so do gallery owners, especially after the stagnant state of the art market. Although the art market…

Cover Story

Instituting Artists’ Collectives:

The Bangalore/Bengaluru experiments with “Solidarity Economies”It often comes as a revelation to art observers, who are searching for an alternative to the commercially driven contemporary art worlds of Mumbai and Delhi, with their imposing art spaces and booming auction houses,…