“Husain’s paintings are profound, but they are never forbiddingly intellectual or cerebral.
Th ey have a strong emotional undercurrent, an engaging warmth, an immediate visual appeal,
and they are passionately humanistic.”- Ebrahim Alkazi
Art & Deal magazine celebrates the birth centenary of the iconic Indian Picasso, M F Husain,
by remembering the numerous contributions of Modern Master. He is known for his knack for
Indian mythology & philosophy and his experiments with extraordinary variety of art subjects
and mediums. Having worked on billboards, furniture, toy designing, his major contributions
have been in the form of paintings that helped him develop his own entity in a cultural space.
Apurva Sinha delves into the mythical infl uences of M. F. Husain’s work, from his experiences
growing up in the temple town of Pandharpur. Th e cover story digs deep into the psyche of the
religious and symbolic iconography of the revered artist’s work.
Artist and art critic Dr. Shahed Pasha sheds intriguing light on the essence of late M. F.
Husain’s works in close relation to his fascination with womanhood. Excerpts from Ms. Madhu
Jain’s interview with Husain reveal his quest to experience the feeling of motherhood vicariously
through his work, and what it means to him.
“Cinemaya opened a window onto the continent’s myriad cinemas, Asian Film Journeys
gives a bird’s eye view of the style and substance, art and craft of these cinemas and captures
some of the Asian air it let in!” Santanu Ganguly reviews Asian Film Journeys edited by Rashmi
Doraiswamy and Latika Padgaonkar. Ganguly also reviews Vikram Balagopal’s Simian, a grapic
novel retelling the epic of Ramayana through the eyes of Hanuman.