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MULTIPOINT INTERNATIONAL ART SYMPOSIUM 2013, SLOVAK Dhaneshwar Shah The European Union has very significantly enriched its cultural wealth as well as its cultural diversity. Art has to search for a new position in society or, vice versa. Nitra is one…
MATTERS OF HE ART
Paramjot Walia What is your definition of ‘Art’?George Martin: To me art is the “way of life” and “search for the absolute”.What art do you most identify with?GM: Visual ArtName two artists you’d like to be compared to?GM: Franz Ackermann,…
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Lina Vincent Sunish AN ARTS DISTRICT: WHO FOR? Hypothetically, there are two large and untouched audiences for an art district in Bangalore – one in the IT industry, and the other in schools. Perhaps 2014 is the time to involve…
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Sandhya Bordewekar Gallery-hopping in Vadodara and Ahmedabad ‘Mandi’ in Hindi means ‘market’ and in Gujarati with a soft ‘d’, it could mean ‘recession’. Mandi is affected by Mandi but in Ahmedabad and Baroda, galleries make all their best efforts to…
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Waswo X Waswo A Desirable Destination? the art district as social phenomenon If India’s urban art districts are to defy the cycle of flourish and decay, then politicians, community planners, gallerists and business leaders might want to keep an eye…
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Franck Barthelemy Judgement of Paris:Intelligent Art Districts Is Paris coming back 50 years after having lost its hegemony in contemporary art to the USA? With the thriving art districts in Paris that constitute the fifty per cent of the total…
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Johny ML Sculptures in the Open Open air sculptures are not strictly public sculptures but sculptures need open air to ‘breath’. K.S.Radhakrishnan, even when he conceives gallery based sculptures, thinks of the possible ‘open air’ where they could have a…
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Sushma Sabnis Enigma of Art Districts Mueller Bhavan, J. J. School of Art, Artist’s Centre, etc. The centre of this zone, the Kala Ghoda area, is flanked on either side by the private galleries and institutions which act as symbiotic…
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Johny ML Lado Sarai : Art District or a Street of Galleries? Analyzing the spatial logistics of Lado Sarai and Hauz Khas, gallerists’ dilemmas and the much lacking community ‘feeling’ required for the evolution of any art district, JohnyML highlights…
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Girish Shahane Riding on an Invisible Black Horse :Colaba Art District Pundole Gallery at Flora Fountain in the north, and Sakshi and Lakeeren at Arthur Bunder Road, the ‘Arab Quarter’ of Colaba in the south, Mumbai’s ‘Art District’ oscillates between…
PHOTO ESSAY
Debadutta Saha B o u n d l e s s Chi ldhood . . . . . . . . . spotted at the Bank of river Brahmaputra, Tezpur, Assam, seems very rare in today’s fast and busy world….
BOOK REVIEW
Usha Aroor COOKING ,THE ART AND THE ARTIST Reviving the age old art of appeasing the taste buds and the soul, the book ‘The Konkani Saraswat Cookbook’ by Asha Philar is more than just a cook book. Flavoured with memories…
MATTERS OF HEART
Matters of with Paramjot Walia You were the organizing force behind “Expressions at Tihar”. What motivated you to do that? AN: “Expressions at Tihar” is very special to me. It was my first major art project, and spanned about three…
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The ‘Metro ’Art in Delhi – Paramjot walia & Priyanka Tagore The population of Delhi has been estimated at 1.67 crore and approximately six million vehicles, with 1,200 more added daily. With auto rickshaws on the roads out to fleece…
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Mumbai Locals and the World of Art – Sushma SabnisThe linear tracks move parallel mostly, marrying and divorcing at times like star crossed lovers, while the metal compartments of a train untiringly carry ambitions, dreams, hope, memories, love, livelihoods and…
