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 a fundamental human activity. Textiles provide for people’s basic requirements, but they can also help […]
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 studied Fine Art at the prestigious College of Art in Delhi, till 1999. Sonali loves […]
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 appear ugly and uneasy on the eye, that might crack under the weight of expectation. […]
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 of 2021. In hindsight it reads as a remarkable testament to the artist’s energies and […]
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 our two-hour interview. I confess at the outset I did not know of Somnath Hore […]
Of Art, Heritage & Wanderlust In Conversation With Sanjay Das – Upasana Bhattacharya A camera, an sUV and some great ideas. sanjay das travels through the country, riding on his Bucephalus, winning one great imagery after another. Images of Indian heritage he wants to preserve for posterity, images that have a life of their own. […]
Sisterhood. Togetherness. Belonging A Conversation With Sujata Khanna – Prachi Venkataraman The camera has been a vital way of bearing witness to world events. social documentary photography reinvents this tool to shed light on deeper social issues and is often subjective. sujata Khanna uses the camera not as a tool for documentation of the conditions […]
The Future is Not My Gender An interview with Renuka RajivMohit Kant Mishra I studied printmaking with the intention of doing illustration work but it went off in a more independent direction. I enjoy working with paper and fabric. Immediacy is important for me so I try and have a regular working habit and explore […]
To Cut Your Own Flesh An interview with Johan Creten Rajesh Punj In a gallery setting far from entirely existing as artworks, these objects pose from their plinths, as though individuals shaped as much by their bodily beauty as they are possessed by Creten’s politics. Entering into his Sunrise/ Sunset enclave, Johan Creten’s audience are […]
Uncertain States An interview with Bharti Kher Part-II, continued from previous issue Rajesh Punj “As I said, you act as a witness, and some of the works that have come out in the past two years, if I look at them in retrospect are really about what is happening. I am not writing a story […]
Uncertain States an interview with Bharti Kher RAJESH PUNJ In light of International Women’s Day, celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, Art & Deal draws on a recent interview with one of India’s leading female artists, Bharti Kher. Whose practice impassions a cultural cannon of sentiments and sensations derived from being […]
Fairyland In Conversation with Tessa Farmer Indira Lakshmi Prasad The work itself not only draws from, but utilizes the magic of the natural world. Tessa Farmer’s materials include found items such as animal bones, insects, plants, marine creatures and more. The majority of her materials have been sourced from the British Hedgerow; however she receives […]
Involving Reality An interview with Hiroshi Sugimoto : Rajesh Punj The majority of the theatre houses were built in the 1920’s – from 1920 to 1926. That was the peak period of that kind of entertainment, and also that was the bubble time for the American economy, before crashing so dramatically in 1929. In interview […]
Rapid Fire An interview with An-My Lê Rajesh Punj Luxembourgian American photographer Edward Steichen said of a portrait that it “is not made in the camera but on either side of it” as a way of explaining how images are based on relationships, whether they be fixed or fleeting. And such variables of contact are […]
The Information Age An interview with Xu Zhen Rajesh Punj Entrepreneurship is the best form of practice to create profit, and the profits from the brand Xu Zhen and MadeIn company are channeled back into art to make it bigger. All of the meaning of our work is built on this basis. I don’t have […]
Practice of Displaying Dolls and Figurines During Navaratri An Interview with Rohini Sen and Eshwar Naidu Lina Vincent Sunish "Lina Vincent interviews young collectors Rohini Sen and Eshwar Naidu on the practice of displaying dolls and figurines during Navarathri in honour of the Goddess. Reflecting on life in its entirety, the sometimes complex doll-arrangements symbolically […]
The Relationship to Action An interview with Richard Deacon Rajesh Punj "There could be a long discussion about drawing and the relationship between drawing and the work, drawing and hollowing out, and the ways in which the vocabulary of stock materials is used, and finally of a relationship to volume" In conversation British sculptor Richard […]
SUGAR COATED An interview with LIZI SÁNCHEZ RAJESH PUNJ I started working with wool and wallpaper, by applying wool onto the wall. All of which meant I was replacing painting and the two-dimensional for the threedimensional. And it was when I realised that what really excites me were materials, that things became much more interesting. […]
Lucked out An interview with Eddie Martinez Rajesh Punj Talking technique with American artist Eddie Martinez is a lesson in letting things happen, as he loosely applies himself to the task of explaining his paintings to an audience of one. Seeing them less as deliberate drawings, and more a fleeting fancy of ice-cream colours on […]
Battle for a better black an interview with stuart semple Indira Lakshmi Prasad The ongoing feud between renowned British sculptor Anish Kapoor and contemporary British artist and curator Stuart Semple has become somewhat of an ongoing drama in the art world. It all began when last year Anish Kapoor controversially secured exclusive rights to ‘Vantablack’, […]
‘The Inspired Frame’ an Interview with Rohit Indira Laskhmi Prasad Rohit Chawla’s rich background in fashion photography has come to full fruition with this latest collection of works. The opulent setting of Bikaner House, New Delhi was a very fitting location for the renowned photographer Rohit Chawla’s recent solo exhibition ‘The Inspired Frame’, with its […]
The Arts Outreach Society – Going a Step Further Lina Vincent Sunish The Arts Outreach Society is a new arts-resource organisation in Kerala, founded and helmed by journalist and arts professional Tanya Abraham. Relooking at the place art receives in society, and its impact on human life and interaction, TAOS seems to be a much […]
Gopi Gajwani: Short Poems in Colour Preeti Kathuria Gajwani’s recent solo show titled “Meditative Silence” at Triveni, New Delhi was loved by many and Gajwani’slively presence and interaction with his audience amidst the spirited display of his works had a sweeping impact on the viewers., traditionalist soil, Gopi Gajwani’s works challenge the conventions of form […]
Material Matter: an interview with Tony Cragg Rajesh Punj Tony Cragg’s new works appear as these attractive alien interventions that are as well suited to the set of a science fiction film, as they are “sculptures as stage” as he described them. Brightly coloured contortions of wood, metal and glass that have been perfectly manipulated […]
Baroque- An Interview With Raqib Shaw Rajesh Punj Entering Raqib Shaw’s studio via a disheveled facade front into a brilliantly baroque styled garden, one relinquishes the ugly trappings of the suburban swell of fast food restaurants and mobile phone retailers for the grandeur and grace of a stately home, cum workspace. Camouflaged by the seasonal […]
Kashi Art Residency Tanya Abraham For the four artists who recently completed the 2016 Kashi Art Residency in Kochi based on the concept of ‘material culture’, the outcome from the exchange of thought and the depiction of skill has been one that has evolved from the need to unearth the seriousness and strength material culture […]
The Portrait Of A Collector Lina Vincent Sunish In a country with a rich legacy of materialand built heritage, but a relatively smallnumber of museums to house the arte factsor conserve them in-situ, a few individuals are investing personal time and resources for the love of art and history. Anil Relia in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, is […]
Back to Black: An interview with Robert Longo Rajesh Punj Burdened by a war of words between two pivotal post-war art historians (Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg), Abstract Expressionism is for American artist Robert Longo the cream that covers the cake. Appetizing over the riches of art history to arrive at artworks that are as […]
The Matter With Matter : An Interview With Bosco Sodi Rajesh Punj Mexican American artist Bosco Sodi is as much driven by imperfections in the process making part of his work, as he is appreciative of the clean context in which they reappear as artworks. Creating these concentrated crusts of earth and matter, that as […]
Mahanadi : An Interview With Birendra Pani Pradosh Mishra For me, what I document and how I imagine and use it in my work is most important. I enjoy the process; I may or may not like the fi nished product. My engagements with the Gotipua and Chhau dance forms are diff erent in nature. […]
Material Matters : An Interview With Michael Joo Rajesh Punj For Michael Joo the material matter of his works is as much about what is calculated, as that which comes by chance. Creating these physical portraits as part of the Radiohalo exhibition, that are less straight representations of individuals but more anatomical investigations into their […]
The Artful Life of R. Vijay : A conversation with Waswo X. Waswo Premjish Achari Premjish Achari: Is the book The Artful Life of R. Vijay about your collaboration with each other…or… Waswo X Waswo: My publisher Shane Suvikapakornkul at Serindia Contemporary, who published Men of Rajasthan, had wanted to put out a book about […]
An Unspeakable Act- An Interview with New York based artist Ali Banisadr at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Rajesh Punj Painted whilst upright Ali Banisadr’s canvases appear as these aesthetic avalanches of accident and incident, in which the irrevocable imagery of fragmented figures contoured into these action spaces, are the tormented dreams of the artist’s inscrutable […]
AN Interview with Dr. Nick Merriman Preeti Kathuria Preeti Kathuria: What according to you is the biggest obligation of a public museum towards its public who supports it through their taxes? Nick Merriman: The greatest obligation of a public museum is to engage with the ideas that emanate from its collection. Although it is fundamental […]
