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Beyond The Black Sun : Sayed Haider Raza Uma Nair ‘Aarambh’-Sayed Haider Raza’s adagio to his birthday at 93 plays out like a morning ‘raaga’-its nuances and notes finding harmonies within the realms of colours and tonalities and flowing between…
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Restrained Rhythms : A. Balasubramaniam @ Talwar Gallery, New Delhi Uma Nair “In the work of the cavity I thought of the balloon-the pressure of the wind-the human body both from out and also within—how the outer skin folds and…
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Subodh Gupta Storma New York Uma Nair ‘When I see utensils, it gives me a feeling I can’t describe. I get very excited,’ says Gupta, of his process. ‘The marks of the utensils just tell me so many stories and…
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Urban Chos Hema Upadhyay Art & Deal Correspondent Everything she signifies is shown to us from a high vantage point – its an almost aerial view of multiple colours and insignias of stacks and shacks with their blue plastic cover-ings…
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Jamini Roy : Carved Contours, Dhoomimal Gallery Uma Nair Jamini Roy’s works speak to us about social consciousness and the indomitable human spirit.If we look at his work as an overview there is no illusion ,only the simplicity of the…
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Alfred watson’s Speech : 1929 Uma Nair “In a few moments I shall declare open the exhibition of the works of Mr. Jamini Roy. Those who study the various pictures will be able to trace the development of the mind…
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Accumulated Consciousness: An interview with Hema Upadhyay Rajesh Punj Mumbai based artist Hema Upadhyay appears utterly affected by the cityscape, as she explains of movement and migration as though it were a modern disease inflicted upon the masses. As they…
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A Satirical demand for time-bound Graffiti and Street Art: Art on Public Walls and Streets in Bengaluru H.A. Anil Kumar To represent what one wants to but doesn’t wish to be identified as its author, due to the pleasure inherent…
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Street Art- A perceptible trend to rekindle social cognizance Apurva Sinha “I have always paid a great deal of attention to what happens on walls. When I was young I often even copied graffiti”- Pablo Picasso Wide walls, artistic valour,…
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Paris: Beauty of Graffiti – ART & DEAL CORRESPONDENT History shows that the street art flourished in the 1980s. Two pioneers are at work: Blek le Rat, stencil painter who was inspired by a cartoon character, Blekle Rock, and Jérôme…
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Establishing The Public Space as a Canvas Aastha Duggal Today’s Indian street art takes on the same mission with its inclination towards social commentary. From matters of civic welfare to implications of political conditions, street artists choose to address various…
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At the heart of the 56th Biennale di Venezia is a consideration of the state of things Art & Deal International Correspondent Okwui Enwezor, director of the Biennale and curator of the international exhibition, organized a show that pushes his…
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Sunset at Shanti Niketan-Jehangir Art Gallery : Sanjay Bhattacharya Uma Nair Imagine standing before canvasses that are bathed in golden, warm sunlight with the setting sun burning in its coppery sheen like Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s narrative in The Ancient Mariner.12…
EDITORIAL
We all know of the legendary fi lm maker Satyajit Ray for his iconic and visionary eye for fi lmography, but few know of his fi nesse with the pencil and the brush. An ode to the lesser known and…
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SATYAJIT RAY: BEYOND PAINT, BRUSH & SKETCH PEN – On the day one of his admission to school, a little boy was asked to describe something uncommon he had come across, while on the way to the school. The boy…
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THE ROLE OF THEATRE IN ART FILMS – Art films i.e. Parallel Cinema is an upcoming industry in India which has been here but is getting popularity now. Why now? Because, the good thing is, now that the understanding of…
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Dhamnar (24° 12′ N and 75° 30′ E) rock-cut caves are an eloquent example of the exemplary carving skills of the bygone ages, and an indicator of the contemporary evolution of thought, expression, and religion. Located in the Mandsaur district…
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DRAWING AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF MODERN DAY LIVING – Drawing is not only a preliminary stage of an art work, it is also one of the most primal forms of art which has sustained over centuries, and still thrives…
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Recently Art Alive Gallery organised legendary artist Sakti Burman’s landmark solo show, and a book launch on his work and journey, titled ‘SAKTI BURMAN: A Private Universe’. The book showcases some of the rare early works that have never been…
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POLLINATION AS RESILIENCE A LOOPHOLES 080:30 EMBODIMENT OF ART AS PLACE In 2013, Suresh Kumar G invited a group of creative practitioners, most of them under the age of thirty into his Loopholes project – a curatorial umbrella under which…
FEATURE
Gogi Saroj Pal is an eminent contemporary female artist from India. She was born in Neoli, a small sub-urban area in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. She is a charismatic personality, and hails from an illustrious family, where her…
INTERNATIONAL
VALENTINA DUSAVISTSKAYA Valentina Dusavistskaya is a professional Russian artist, who specializes in sculpture and painting. She is the director of Art “АРТ ПЕНЗА галерея” fine art gallery, Manager of AIESM in Russia, the curator of international sculpture symposium, and wife…
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A gamut of connotations, expression of personal ideologies, skilful practise, set of possibilities, a dream of freedom and a common platform, the exhibition titled ‘WHATS NOT TO LIKE? Art: From Th en and Now’ at India International Centre, from 9th…
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Kota Neelima, a journalist/author/artist, elucidates her journey through the times as an author of three books, a patron of International Relations started off with her artistic journey from ArpanaCaur’s Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi. She has had…
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Yury Tkachenko is a very well known and honored artist of Russia. He is an international sculptor, curator, Professor of Fine Arts, and Director of Sculpture Park Legend. So far, he has participated in more than 50 international sculpture symposiums,…
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AMAR KUTIR : THE MANIFESTATION OF LEATHER ART…: “There is yet another man in me, not the physical, but the personal man; which has its likes and dislikes, and wants to find something to fulfil its needs of love. This…
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KISHANGARH PAINTINGS : The tradition of the miniature paintings in Rajasthan is very rich in its form, texture, colors and storytelling. The Kishangarh School of miniature Rajasthani Painting is one of the richest and popular forms. Kishangarh is a picturesque…
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A FUSION OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES- ISLAMNAGAR FORT : The Indian Hindu lawgiver Manu describes the utility of the Forts as, “a warrior protected by the fort can fight with hundred enemy soldiers and a force of one hundred fighting from…
INTERVIEW
Lita Cabellut (b.1961, Barcelona) is a famous contemporary master of portrait art, who has a very distinctive repertoire of works. Inspired by the Dutch Masters and famous philosophers of the Golden Age, her life-size portraits were recently shown at the…
LISTINGS
DHOOMIMAL ART GALLERY Dhoomimal Art Gallery Ravi Jain Annual Exhibition 2015 Exhibition as on : 29 September -30 October, 2015 Dhoomimal Art Gallery,42, Connaught Circus, New Delhi- 110001
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The name Maqbool Fida Husain has become almost synonymous with contemporary Indian art, and deservedly so, for no single artist has popularized Indian art, within the country or internationally, as Husain has done. His endless quest for his cultural roots,…
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Lands of Reverie and Dreams Sumati Gangopadhyay What one finds in most of Nilima’s works is that there is a pronounced undercurrent of lyricism which connects these works with a joyous riot of colours, all magnificently held in an aura…
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409 Ramkinkars: Recreation of a lost world by Vivan Sundaram Anshita Arora The Sculptural installation from 409 Ramkinkar’s, put together by Vivan Sundaram, is an eloquent fusion of theatre, performance art, and installation. It has proven to be a visual…
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From Warhol to Koons– The Devolution of Pop Waswo X. Waswo An older, comatose, women’s movement morphed into radical feminism, and “the pill” opened the doors to a new, heterosexual candour about unashamed, non-marital relationships. By the end of the…
