Karin Kneffel-Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg-Phainomenon by Rajesh Punj
When you look at a painting are you facing the world or with your back to it, and by choosing one reality over another, is it that what is in front of you offers a greater sense of the real?…
Echoes of Mastery: Parthiv Shah on Capturing M.F. Husain’s Legacy at the Venice Biennale Parallel Show by Gaurav Kumar
Parthiv Shah’s artistic journey is a vibrant tapestry woven from a lifetime immersed in creativity and cultural richness. Raised in a household steeped in the arts, Parthiv was profoundly influenced by his father, Haku Shah, a distinguished artist and scholar…
Castles in the Sand An Interview with Iwona Blazwick by Rajesh Punj
The English writer and explorer Wilfred Thesiger in his much admired book Arabian Sands 1959, saw of the untended desert the simplest way of life, where “a cloud gathers, the rain falls, men live, the cloud disperses without rain, and…
Frozen in Pixels: Intricate Artistry and Ease of Sanjay Das by Gaurav Kumar
At the beginning of the year 2023 the first time I met Sanjay Das in the ambient glow of the art exhibition presented by Art Konsult at the Visual Arts Gallery, I stumbled upon a captivating world through the lens…
A Trailblazer in the World of Art Curation An Interview with Rakhi Sarkar
Rakhi Sarkar is indeed a well-known figure in the art world, Rakhi Sarkar is a name synonymous with the promotion of art and culture in Kolkata, India, and beyond. As the eminent art curator and Director of the Centre of…
Tuwaiq Sculpture – Building on Beauty by Rajesh Punj
Riyadh is a city in Saudi Arabia deciding on its identity, the buzzword on everyone’s lips is ‘Vision 2030’, which carries with it the aspirations of legions of creative minds, that are brought in from abroad, Italy and Spain among…
WHEN THE NEEDLE IS THE BRUSH: IN CONVERSATION WITH GOPIKA NATH -Gaurav Kumar
A significant element of material culture is textiles. They might be considered as works of art, as cultural symbols, as technological objects, or as commodities. The textile arts reflect much of what is valuable in any society metaphorically. They are…
Spirit from bondage to freedom: An Interview with Sonali Chaudhari – Yeindrila Das
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated. -Auguste Rodin Sonali Chaudhari is a Visual Artist based in New Delhi, India, having…
Affect to Effect: an interview with Julia Crabtree and William Evans – Rajesh Punj
For British duo Julia Crabtree and William Evans sculpture, and the sculptural experience, have less to do with fixed forms, those that become the icons of the modern age, theirs is an almost adolescent interest in materials and matter that…
Night Will Fall an interview with Christian Boltanski – Rajesh Punj
Speaking from his home in Paris, at a moment when it was impossible to meet in person, this was possibly one of, if not the last, major interview given by Christian Liberté Boltanski, before his untimely death in the summer…
SOMNATH HORE – An Interview from 1985 And Reflections on His Life and Work – Charles Stroh
I had the distinct privilege of meeting and interviewing Somnath Hore at his home in Santiniketan in April of 1985 and this paper will present a few memories about that experience. After a brief introduction, I will share excerpts from…
