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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…
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The Comic And The Obscene Clyde D’ Mello Comics have always been in this flux of being popular, yet for some quaint reason it hasn’t been considered as art or “high art” especially in India. It’s as if even though…
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Pop Art H.A. Anil Kumar The poster of “Dabbang” cooling glass, photos of a tribal girl with contemporary gadgets, stenciled and repeated images in fine-arts paintings, paintings upon fiber glass sculptures, paintings based on what is considered classical Indian painting…
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Modern Indian Art and the idea of Indigenous Contemporary Tanveer Ajsi Historians of art inform us that until the nineteenth century, the cultural hegemony of the West had not found its feet within the artistic traditions of India. The aesthetic…
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Redeeming Tradition : Velu Viswanathan’s Yantric Interplay Dr. Ashrafi s Bhagat Neo-Tantric art integrated, translated, synthesized or imitated using contemporary materials/vocabulary to assert itself as an autonomous sign. In its deployment within the existing contingencies, it moderated as a modern…
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Tantric Art Dr. Seema Bawa Tantric Art remains one of the most misinterpreted, and even abused, labels amongst contemporary art practice. An art work appropriating Tantric symbols and iconography out of context would not qualify as Tantric Art. As its…
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The Authenticity of the ‘Fake’ Art Market Neville Tuli Neville Tuli the Founder Chairman of the “Osian’s” Group elaborates on the “The Authenticity of the ‘Fake’ Art Market”, an in depth analysis of the politics that surround auctions and claims…
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Alturaash determined to keep up the prestige of Indian art and artists: Asif Kamal Santanu Ganguly “In India, the tradition is that in the absence of the artist, the son/daughter/ trust gives the authentication certificate. It is just like the…
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Institutionalizing The Indian Art Market: Waiting for the Big Bang Dr. Seema Bawa Shows, art fairs and auctions have made their presence felt in India, set to boost what some analysts feel is an expanding art market. The question is…
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Ganga Spiritual Sojourn : Sidharth Uma Nair A SOLO SHOW BY SIDHARTH AT GALLERY ART KONSULT –INDIA ART FAIR 2015 CURATED BY UMA NAIR Uma Nair explores the spiritual, classical and the cotemporary elements that are juxtaposed skillfully by Sidharth…
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Paresh Maity: The Contemporary Genius Santanu Ganguly Santanu Ganguly strives to explore the journey of prolific artist Paresh Maity, his uncanny proficiency and love for water colour, tracing the beginnings, development, transitions and consistencies and his present inclination towards photography…
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Realizing the Removed Actions :Shridhar Iyer Johny ML Between painting or any other kind of creative act there are a few silent moments of performance that often go unnoticed when the final creative product is exhibited for a larger public….
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Such a long journey :Balbir Krishan Georgina Maddox Balbir Krishan’s incredible journey as an artist and individual is testimony of the triumph of the human spirit despite crushing odds. Sitting on the floor of his cozy studio in New Delhi’s…
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The Inner Circle : Wheel of Life and Other Works of Dako ji Devraj Dr. B. S. Rohini Iyengar Rohini Iyengar elaborates on the calescence of therianthropic imagery and mystical mythological forms and what they convey in the work of…
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Circle Uncircled : Challenge of Medium and Challenging the Medium of Ceramics Johny ml In Rahul Kumar’s ‘Circle Uncircled’ you come across a constricted galaxy of celestial objects, luminous, kinetic in an illusory way and the inaudible rhythm of rotations…
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CHAKRA: LINKING TRADITION TO MODERNITYLate Keshav Malik pens down how artists of the Silpi Chakra group survived the impulses of the catastrophic partition and let their artistic spirit take an unrestricted form. Good for once to have christened the tiny,…
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K.C. ARYAN and DELHI SILPI CHAKRAK.C. Aryan successfully welded together Indianness with the language of modern art and topped it with his courage to experiment. His contribution to modern art in India remains unparalleled. Dr. Subhashini Aryan asserts. The year…
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New Idiom and Identity: Collective and Individual Search in post partition IndiaDr. Seema Bawa presents a capsule account of beginnings, confrontations and growth of the Delhi Silpi Chakra elaborating how the members of the Chakra endeavoured to demystify Indian art….
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Modernity/ Modernism posited by delhi silpi Chakra Mrinal Kulkarni elucidates how Delhi Silpi Chakra was one of the important movements forming the basis of a regime of modernity in post independent India. The Independence of India brought new attention to…
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Graphic art in india and abroad by Kanwal Krishna Art&Deal reproduces the edited text of a talk given by Kanwal Krishna on November 26, 1959 at the Delhi Silpi Chakra Gallery in which he specifies how travel opened a new…
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Headline: A Biennale is a Political Animal Manoj Nair Manoj Nair tries to capture the politics of aesthetics and business inviting a critical debate on the credibility of a ‘biennale’. A young boy stands on the west coast near the…
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Bienal de Sao Paulo: How to talk about things that don’t exist? Franck Barthelemy Opening on 6th September 2014, the 31st Biennial de São Paulo is a poetic call exploring the things that don’t exist in an attempt to understand…
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Biennales etc: the South Asian Experience Kurchi Dasgupta Kurchi Dasgupta calls for an open discussion on the need and fate of biennales and art fairs in this receding economy as she explores the Kathmandu International Art Festival and Colombo Art…
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The Imagined And The Other: Internationalism And Whitney Biennial: A Collective Dialogue Tanya Abraham The Whitney Biennial which began on the seventh of March in New York and closed on the twenty-fifth of May 2014 showcased artists of various genres….
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Innovator of a new path in visual art Keshav Malik Ratnabali Kant’s artworks not only celebrate body and form but also mirror societal realities. Art & Deal reproduced Keshav Malik’s article stressing her growth as an artist. Introduction: cry of…
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Fountainhead of Arts: Keshav Malik Gargi Seth Gargi Seth walks down memory lane and reminisces about her moments spent with Keshav Malik,who was not only a perfect gentleman but also had deep aesthetic objectivity clubbed with experience. Where does art…
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Legend: no more Paramjot Walia The art and literature world opens up to Paramjot Walia and pays tribute to the noted poet, writer and art critic Keshav Malik. Art&Deal : For you Keshav Malik was someone who… Gopi Gajwani: For…
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Our Tennyson is gone Arpana Caur Arpana Caur recalls her memories with padmashree Keshav Malik Ji and pays homage to the renowned art writer and critic. Tennyson is what I called Keshav. Tennyson. Though he had the noble profile of…
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Remembering Keshav Malik Suneet Chopra Art criticism is not dead as it still breathes through Keshav Malik’s writings and grows by his example. Renowned Art critic and writer Suneet Chopra pens down how ‘strong conviction’, ‘protesting outrage’ are also adjectives…
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Current Pulse- Performance Practice In Bangalore Lina Vincent Sunish Bangalore is known for the experimental and transdisciplinary nature of its art practices. Performance practice is one of the areas in which several artists are gradually building up a repertoire, making…
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Marina Abramovic: 512 Hours Marina Abramović’s performances have always pushed the limits of tolerance ,exhaustion and fear in the quest for ‘liberation’ .The Serpentine premieres another such unprecedented performance by the artist. In a unique work created for the Serpentine,the…
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Performative-Photos of Bengaluru: Gaze and Historicity amidst City’s Blinding Future H. A. Anil Kumar Performative-Photos proudly preserve the essence and attributes of the performance and its performer. H.A. Anil Kumar pens down how the viewer’s silent gaze forms the ‘mute’…
