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    Revisiting the art of F. N. Souza: Dadaistic Perspectives in the Portrayal of Women Mandakini Sharma History of painting has numerous movements and isms, which contribute significantly in the arrival of modern art. Of all, Dadaism movement, which started in…

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    Geometrical patterns as work of folk art in Haryana -a sub regional study Ranbir Singh Patterns created in geometrical forms that became part of the folklore of the village communities settled long ago in various sub-regions of modern Haryana –a…

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    Interior Monologues : Surendran Nair Uma Nair It was in September 2000 that Surendran Nair hit headlines for a brilliant work entitled “An actor rehearsing the interior monologue of Icarus”. This work was part of a curated show at NGMA…

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    Bhimbetka- A Journey From Pre-Historic Socio-Cultural Habitat To A World Heritage Entity Apurva Sinha “Like a painted wall falsely delighting the mind” – Maitri Upanishad On 24th November, Google celebrated the 41st anniversary of the discovery of Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis)…

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    Of Fibre Deities And Many Voiced Design: Mrinalini Mukherjee Aparna Roy Baliga Women as sculptors did not get the required visibility. The physical act of sculpting was mostly thought as that which belonged to the men, and the names of…

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    Vaishnava Moorings-A speculative thought rendered through the sculptures of Udayagiri Hills, Vidisa, Madhya Pradesh Apurva Sinha The ancient city of Vidisa (Vaishyanagar) or ‘Vedisgiri’’, popular for many aeons is credited for the nascence of Vaishnava edifices. Located at the confluence…

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    An Unforgettable Chapter in Indian Art: Kshitindranath Majumder Anindya Kanti Biswas Abdur Rahaman Chughtai is the greatest artist till now in Pakistan. Young Kshitindranath again returned to Allahabad town after completion of art education in Govt. Art School. The highest…

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    Tryst of Contemporary with Tradition Seema Bhalla Art,essentially, is the product of its times and surroundings, assimilating in its fold the contemporary circumstances. To this, as an unwritten rule, Indian Art is not an exception. The highly sophisticated form of…

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    The Enigma of THE Bhojpur Temple Open roofed sanctum or a disproportionate Temple – historical riddle Apurva Sinha The Paramara dynasty, like the other Rajput dynasties, originated from the ‘Agnikunda’, and ruled for almost four centuries over the region north…

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    Santiniketan architecture in the context of the colonial and the national: A discussion on few ornamentations Aparna Roy Baliga Nationalism in India differed from European nationalism because the former was born out of a struggle with the latter. An external…

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    SHIFTING PARADI GM: Looking at the Anxious Indian Visual H.A. Anil Kumar One should be ‘watch’ful about seeing; and more so about how it is ‘getting’ altered, because, if it is (as and when) relocated, there must be a reason…

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    Making an Inclusive Mountain Project 365 and the documentation of Tiruvannamalai Waswo X. Waswo Indeed, the not-too-distant peak is circled by a ring of clouds. There is something uncanny about it. And then, within moments, the nebulous halo vanishes like…

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    Sacred landscape of Ladakh in the art of Nicholas Roerich Vladimir Zaitsev Ladakh is one of the most unique places in our planet, situated on the high plateau of Western Himalayas, this barren land for centuries was known as a…

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    Dasavatara: Incarnation, evolution and refinement of Dharma Apurva Sinha “For the protection of the good, the destruction of the evil-doer and for the establishment of dharma, I come into being from age to age” (Bhagvada Gita 4.8) The ancient scriptures…

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    Reality Check how do we understand dignity of labor in India for artists Clyde D’Mello There are times we always think that we could have done something better when we were young (for example an education), but age and dignity…

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    Art Alive Gallery’s Tribute to nature through Raghu Rai’s immortal ‘Trees’ Santanu Ganguly In the last 18 years, Rai has specialized in extensive coverage of India. He has produced more than 18 books, including Raghu Rai’s Delhi, The Sikhs, Calcutta,…

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    The Formulation Of Iconography In The Paintings Of Raja Ravi Varma Aastha Duggal The iconography in Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings is a paradigm of tactile illusionism, bringing to life the characters of mythological and religious tales, giving them an identity…

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    Bireswar Sen: The Only Miniature Landscape Painter Of Indian Art Scenario Anindya Kanti Biswas Anindya Kanti Biswas traces the artistic journey of the unparalleled miniature artist Bireswar Sen. His brilliant expertise, attention to detail and ability to portray the colossal…

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    B.C. Sanyal and the Mayo School of Arts, Lahore: A Historical link in partitioned sub-indian ContinentAs India was struggling for its independence from the British Raj and later redefining itself post independence, Prof. B.C. Sanyal and Mayo School of Arts,…

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    Lessons of a MasterSailoz Mookherjea was one of the foremost artists of the Modern Indian Art World. Eminent art critic Keshav Malik takes a very close look at his endearing artistic personality; a personal account of a very committed artist,…

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    Dinkar Kowshik – A Life Truly LivedBhaiya Da, of Santiniketan, traces the journey of Dinkar Kowshik from Dharwar, in Karnataka, to Santiniketan in West Bengal – from the place of his birth to the ‘place of his rebirth.’ A sensitive…

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    Makers of history: Jaya appaswamyMrinal Kulkarni chronicles the life of Jaya Appaswamy highlighting the journey of the pioneer artist not as the founder of Delhi Silpi Chakra group but as a connoisseur and a fine collector.Discontinuity in an artist’s creative…

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    rajesh Mehra If Delhi claims to be one of the important centers of contemporary Indian art, it owes it to the Delhi Silpi Chakra group members. Dr. Seema Bawa talks about one such eminent member of the Silpi Chakra group,…

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    The Imagined and the other: Internationalism and Post- Colonial Hybridity In Indian Contemporary Art Bipin Balachandran Bipin Balachandran elucidates the concept of postcolonial subjectivity in Indian contemporary art and exemplifies how ‘hybridity’ plays an important role. While watching the contemporary…

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    Charak Puja: A Bengali Folk Festival Dr. Dipendu Das Charak Puja symbolises not only the co existence of human and nature but also mysticism; with the devotees feeling no pain inspite of being pierced and hung from hooks Dr.Dipendu Das…

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    Tales of the Patuas Stuti Agarwal The narrative scrolls of the Patuas still picture the mythical stories but also depict the contemporary fiction and social issues. Stuti Agarwal explores the fate of this traditional form of story-telling. Once upon a…

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    Flight, Fact And Fiction: The Missing Airliner And The Role Of Stories Siddharth Sivakumar Fiction Seems to be effective at changing beliefs while feeding on the psychology of human Candition and blurring the judicious distinction between the authentic fact and…

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    “Brand” fART Geetika Arora Curation is an art, a process with its own flowing structure and an intended language. Geetika Arora questions the ‘curatorial’ practices followed as she argues for the correct definition of this relatively young science of art….

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    Jayasri Burman: Feminine Fables Uma Nair Jayasri Burman finds the perfect balance between aesthetic sensitivity and surreal romanticism.Uma Nair reviews as she reads into these contemporary narrations of myths and history . Jayasri Burman takes her first solo to Hong…

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    The Past As A Futuristic Representational Device H. A. Anil Kumar The past with its baggage of history, knowledge and socio-political affirmations forms the basis of future theorization. H.A.Anil Kumar asserts how the future is an accepted abstract borrowed from…

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    Collecting Indian Graphic Novels Clyde D’ mello Clyde D’mello explores the origin, transition and continuum of the medium of ‘graphic novel’ as the writer tries to answer the way to choose and own these ’designed leaflets of art’. The idea…

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    Indian Art School Practices and Dissolving of ‘Construed Will’ H. A. Anil Kumar Art education in the Indian context is an unresolved issue. It is the construed will or the lack of it to address it which is more pedagogically…

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    RAQIB SHAW : PARADISE LOST RENUKA SAWHNEY Walking through Raqib Shaw’s exhibition, Paradise Lost at the Pace gallery in New York, is to conceptually weave through John Milton’s Paradise Lost, through the sylvan frame and into the aftermath. The 60…

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    WOMEN ARE NOT FROM VENUS-III YASRA DAUD KHOKER In the novel ‘Impassioned Clay’, by Welsh novelist Stevie Davies, Olivia and her father come upon the remains of a 17th-century woman while digging a grave (for Olivia’s dead mother) in the…

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