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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…
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Concept & History of Abstract art: Western & Indian Timeline – Gaurav Kumar I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects. -Piet Mondrian Sometimes…
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VASUDEO S GAITONDE – Art & Deal Correspondent Over the past decade, appreciation for Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde (1924–2001) has grown markedly. But why has recognition been so belated compared to his contemporaries? There are likely a number of factors. As…
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Sohan Qadri – Uma Prakash Sohan Qadri’s meditative work emanates the soul of an artist, poet, and Tantric Guru. There is a feeling of tranquility and spirituality that permeates all his work. Qadri was born as Sohan Singh in a…
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Saurashtra Series: Raza’s Metaphysical Journey towards Indigenous Self – Urmila Banu Abandoning the visual description, embracing the objective reality through gestural brushstrokes, impasto-ed application of incandescent colours, metaphorical use of geometric forms, a mystical equilibrium of contrasts and hues to…
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Tarpana: The holy act of Remembering one’s Ancestors SHANKU SHARMA Usually, thousands of families converge at the historic Barak River (especially the Sadarghat area) in Silchar to pay respects to their elders (Tarpana) in the form of offerings during the…
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Patua: Bengal’s minstrels of mythos UPASANA BHATTACHARYA Daitya once lived in the hills outside a tiny village in Bengal. He had caused massive pandemonium in the lives of the locals, for he would come out at night and devour whoever…
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ARPANA CAUR SHARES SOME THOUGHT WITH KAINAAT FATIMA As Shakespeare said, “The world’s a stage, and we are all mere players”, my story too since its beginning substantiated changes of our turbulent times. A story that gave me the wisdom…
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Elemental – An interview with Joana Vasconcelos – Rajesh Punj In his day Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung introduced the idea that “the creation of something new was not accomplished by our intellect, but by the play instinct acting…
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Dear Readers, June 2020 saw the end of an era with the passing away of Indian filmmaker and screenwriter Shri Basu Chatterjee, aged ninety. The warmth and slice-of-life humour his films exuded were unique in their connect with the audience,…
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The God of Small Things an interview with Lionel Esteve – Rajesh Punj There is a light-heartedness about Brussels based artist Lionel Estèvethat permeates his work as a lightness of touch. Seeing the things we leave to the litter as…
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TODAY, WE ARE living an event that has no parallels in living memory. You may say, it’s just a virus but look at how dramatically it has changed most—if not all—of our realities. The biggest being our ability to open…
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Dhaka ART Summit – Uma Prakash COVER STORY The fifth edition of Dhaka Art Summit featured the works of artists from forty-four countries around the world at the capital’s Shilpakala Academy. It showcased solo art exhibitions, public art projects, curated…
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The Role of The Artist in Today’s hyper Art World: A Conversation with Samar Singh Jodha – Jyoti A. Kathpalia Recently I had the good fortune of being in the presence of Reverend Tensin Palmo founder of Dongyu Gatsal Ling…
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THE NORTHEAST LENS: Art Practices from The borderland – Amrita Gupta Singh One can say that conventionally for Northeast India, there are two views which Mrinal Miri states: one from the ‘outside’ as a unitary entity; the other from the…
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ART of Ajit Seal: His Embodied Worlds – Upal Deb “I believe that art is a creative bridge between our imaginative vision and our inhabited experiences, both of which reconcile to recreate the primal human condition, and crystallize our current…
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SHIFTING THE PARADIGM: Amalgamation of Ecology and Art in ASSAM Abhilasha Pandey The desire to give a visual form to personal feelings, communal implication, economic circumstances, spiritual dogmas, aesthetic principles and established agendas were instigated thousands of years ago. Ever…
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A COMPARATIVE BEGINNING Of MODERNISM IN THE ART Of ASSAM: WIth focus on SobhA Brahma Rishav Gandhar Narzary Since the initiation and development of indigenous art historical studies in Indian modern art, mostly in the post-independence scenario, the ramification of…
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Aneesh Sankarankutty’s photographs of wild elephant’s garner Sankarankutty’s photographs of the elephant have won him acclaim. The Palakkad-based photographer has captured the animal in all its varied moods Aneesh Sankarankutty has waited for hours together to photograph an elephant that…
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The Line of Control in Conversation with Jogen Chowdhury – Rajesh Punj How does Jogen meditate on the surface of things, in a way that human skin, the skin of a vegetable and fruit, and the surface of a stone,…
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It is the season of festivals. Durga Puja, Dusshehra , Halloween and the anticipation of Diwali, our festival of Lights. These celebrations are sort of a declaration marking the beginning of winter; this time however, the bright sun shines on…
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Scrutinising A Past, For The Present Interview With Avinash Karn, Contemporary Artist – Lina Vincent Abroad survey of art practices today presents the idea that the only way folk art is legitimised is through a relative positioning with urban fine…
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Pratul Dash: An Artist-Conservationist Striving to Save the future – Ria Sarkar Hailing from the picturesque town of Burla in Western Odisha, Pratul Dash came to Delhi two decades ago and was caught up in the chaos of urban spaces…
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Re-Structuring Romanticism – No child’S Play IndIra Purkayastha ghosh’s neo romantic sculptures on contemporary childhood. Rahul Bhattacharya Contemporary India is witnessing its own tryst with modernity. Unlike in the colonial times or even in the decades post-independence, this version of…
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A studio of their own… IndIan Women Painters and their Spaces Jyoti A Kathpalia As one visits the museums looking with wonder at the masterpieces or searching the web for great painters, the question that comes to the fore is…
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EVERYDAY GODS G. RAVINDER REDDY INTERVIEW Rajesh Punj The sixteenth-century Italian soldier and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini asserted that ‘the art of sculpture was at least seven times greater than any other, (because) a statue of true sculpture ought to have…
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Break Down – Rashid Rana Interview Pakistani artist Rashid Rana’s interdisciplinary approach covers a multitude of mediums, that include video, photography and painting. Employing the very undoing of the photographic medium as the pivotal point from which many of his…
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“THE DUTY OF AN ARTIST IS TO DRAW, PAINT, REFLECT AND FORMALIZE, WHATEVER COMES IN THE MIND” KRISHEN KHANNA INTERVIEW RITIKA LALL CHAKRAVARTTY When I’m with a brush, I tend to forget my age, it has the power of transitioning….
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Exquisite collection of Kantha embroidery from eastern India and Indian Subcontinent was displayed at India International Centre IIC last month. The treasurable collection of Kantha show titled ‘Needle Reverence’ was curated by renowned textile historian JasleenDhamija. Kantha collection was a…
