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WALKING in HAUZ KHAS Saba Hasan The Hauz Khas madarsa and its lake have been adopted by me as artistic inspiration, a challenge, a form of history and a symbol, actually, an entire philosophical microcosm, right from the start. I…

Cinema

CINEMA

SUCHITRA SEN: The Unmatc hable Golde n Diva of India n Silver Screen Santanu Ganguly The kind of respect and fan following Suchitra Sen got from the people of Bengal, I doubt any other actress in India can match it….

Matters of heArt

Matters of heArt

Matters of heArt with Paramjot Walia Samar Jodha You exhibited independently at Venice, this time, in contrast to 2011 when you were part of a larger Indian presentation. How was the experience different? My work was part of a video…

Review

REVIEW

Retelling a story teller Art & Deal Correspondent The India Art Fair 2014 was busy, engaging and varied. It is always a challenge for the viewer to be able to concentrate and see art works in all this celebratory chaos….

Review

REVIEW

POETICS OF KABIR IN STONE AND BRICK Uma Nair At the Habitat Centre this January was a brilliant exhibition created in stone and brick that had a very queer title. ‘ Often I miss You’ didn’t quite seem to fit…

Review

REVIEW

Emptiness of existence Paramjot Walia A solemn empty chair in a collage of 24 paintings where the color gradient could either depict the 24 hours of a day or the bright colors could be a metaphor of happy times, refuses…

Review

REVIEW

AN ODE TO THE GODDESS OF MUSIC Uma Nair It isn’t often that one would find an exhibition at the National Museum which explores the marriage of technology and culture. But the strains of Beethoven’s composition from a hollow piano…

Review

REVIEW

ZARINA HASHMI: OF PAPER’S MATERIALITY Uma Nair The very term “Folding House” became a stimulus for creativity last week at the opening of Zarina Hashmi who is considered a citizen of the world; and on a wall of the staircase…

Editorial

EDITORIAL

Happy New Year! By the time you have this issue of Art and Deal in your hand, Delhi will have a new government led by the Aam Aadmi Party leader, Arvind Keijriwal. A ‘Broom stick’ is the symbol of this…

News

NEWS

Doob Gaya Hum…Duba Diya Humne Alliance Francaise D’Ahmedabad presents a solo show of photography by renowned photographer Dr. Deepak John Mathew. The show is titled ‘Doob Gaya Hum…Duba Diya Humne’ which deals with the subject of water. Shot in Tehri…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

THE ‘FAIR-Y’ QUEEN JOHNY ML When Neha Kirpal came back to India from London in 2007, she had a little money in her pocket and a bigger dream in mind. Driven by a vision to set up India’s first international…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

YES TO ART AND CULTURE JOHNY ML The incredible success of the partnership of Yes Bank and India Art Fair’s last year’s edition, has enticed and tingled the curiosity of the otherwise lethargic art market. This year, with new gusto…

India Art Festival 2013

COVER STORY

ART PROJECTS : INDIA ART FAIR – 2014 The project that Riyas Komu has proposed will involve creating a Collector’s room. A space displaying political works of arts, which include Komu’s works as well as political works from his collection…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

DELHI’S PRIDE AND MUMBAI’SENVY : INDIA ART FAIR PARAMJOT WALIA The 6th Edition of the India Art Fair is one unique venue for the galleries to flaunt their inventor, and also it is a cauldron of a variety of ideas….

Cover Story

COVER STORY

MATTERS OF THE FAITHFUL HEART SUSHMA SABNIS While Mumbai’s India Art Festival 2013 saw the participation of several galleries from the country, two elegant art galleries from Mumbai, Sakshi Gallery and Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke have chosen to specifically focus…

Interview

INTERVIEW

UP AGAINST THE WALL WASWO X. WASWO The “Pondy Art Wall” has made it through its first engaging year with a mixture of ups and downs. Waswo X. Waswo discusses the problematics of such public art projects with its organizer…

Essay

ESSAY

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…

Essay

ESSAY

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…

Feature

FEATURE

GAITONDE LEADS CHRISTIE’S TO INDIA,- CONTEMPORARIES MAY WAIT JOHNY ML At Mumbai airport on 22nd December 2013 evening I was waiting in the lobby to catch a flight to Delhi. A middle-class family was sitting next to me. The father,…

Feature

FEATURE

BACHHAWAT FOUNDATION: The Legacy Continues Art and Deal Correspondent With an aim to uphold their interest in promoting art and artists, writers and litterateurs, critics, craftsmen, poets, collectors, theorists, connoisseurs, the Bachhawat Foundation lays the foundation stone of building a…

Photo Feature

PHOTO FEATURE

LIVING ARCHITECTURE by ANDREAS VOLWAHSEN An Exhibition Presented by Vacheron Constantin And Tasveer ANDREAS VOLWAHSEN Dr. Andreas Volwahsen was born in 1941 in Dresden, Germany, where he also grew up and went to school. His fascination for the Indian subcontinent…

Obituary

OBITUARY

C. N. KARUNAKARAN (1940-2013): DEATH OF A PAINTER JOHNY ML C. N. Karunakaran is no more. He was 74 years old. There are some artists who choose to live in their own birthplace, work there, gain recognition amongst the same…

Cinema

CINEMA

THAT LAST OF THE UNJUST: REVISITING HOLOCAUST MEMORY DARSHANA SREEDHAR The Last of the Unjust is a touching documentary based on a series of interviews with Benjamin Murmelstein, the Jewish collaborator of Nazi Germany, and the filmmaker Claude Lanzmann. The…

Preview

PREVIEW

DHAKA ART SUMMIT-EDITION 2 SUSHMA SABNIS In an attempt to bring the South Asian art practices into focus on an international level, the Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh returns with its second edition. Slated to be held from 7th to 9th…

Review

REVIEW

SUBODH GUPTA, Recent Works- THE ART OF THE MUNDANE FRANCK BARTHLLEMY Franck Barthelemy wants to remember Subodh Gupta’s latest exhibition at SKE Gallery, Bangalore as a dialogue with the century’s old tradition of still lives and naturalism. Through the selection…

Review

REVIEW

FLAG MARCH OF REASSURANCE SUSHMA SABNIS Every once in a while, a nation chooses to display its strength as a reassurance to the citizens it houses, aptly called a flag march, where various streams of security forces parade in all…

Review

REVIEW

OF THE UNSEEN AND METAPHORIC PARAMJOT WALIA Using numerous metaphors of the subliminal kinds, three renowned artists bring to the fore a unique show titled, ‘Cat Walk, Blue Moon’ at the Sanchit Art Gallery, New Delhi. The show focuses on…

Review

REVIEW

THINKING OUT OF THE DRAWING BOX SUSHMA SABNIS When providence brings together a group of enthusiastic like-minded artists from all over the world through a social media platform, few would doubt its successful outcome. The Drawing Box is one such…

Review

REVIEW

INTERFACE PREETI JOSEPH What happens when eight artists native to the same land, with eight viewpoints and ideologies and numerous interpretations come together to express it artistically? A show titled ‘Interface’ is born which acts as a polemic of bygone…

Review

REVIEW

HOMING IN LINA VINCENT SUNISH What is the meaning of home, asks Karl Antao in his recently concluded exhibition ‘Mind the Home’ at Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore. The artist, in his exquisite sculptures looks at the meaning of being sheltered and…

Matters of heArt

MATTERS OF HEART

Rahaab Allana PARAMJOT WALIA Your grandfather Ebrahim Alkazi is considered one of the most powerful voices in modern Indian theatre, your mother Amal Allana is also a senior theatre director and two time Chairperson of the National School of Drama,…

Editorial

EDITORIAL

Isn’t it a tragedy that a tragedy is needed to bring about fundamental changes in human behavior? A careless society suddenly becomes a cautious one when a calamity strikes. A callous person becomes responsible when tragedy visits him or his…

India Art Festival 2013

India Art Festival 2013

Of Journeys Mapped, Unmapped: Vidya Menon I Shepherd and the Slave: Balaji Ponna In a woman’s world: Rekha Rodwittiya I Arriving at the Self: Poonam Agarwal A true freedom: Meenal Jain I Keeping the Faith: Radhika Seksaria Her Myths to…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

MOVING FOCUS THE INDIA ART FESTIVAL 2013 Johny ML JohnyML: The third edition of India Art Festival has now moved back to the Nehru Centre. What is the reason for moving it from Bandra-Kurla Complex back to Nehru Centre? Rajendra:…