Category: Interview

AN AWAKENING The women’s project – Q & A with the participants Lina Vincent Sunish 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 […]

Trigger Happy: An interview with Sindika Dokolo Rajesh Punj Collector Sindika Dokolo sits with London based art critic Rajesh Punj in Porto; for a conversation about African art and ideals.’ As an orator and ambassador for contemporary African art, Sindika Dokolo eases into the role with such accomplished ease, that his ability to win you […]

A Conversation with Vanita gupta Premjish Achari I think I told myself that I am going to do just this, without even knowing the possibilities of it. Can’t remember any influence then, only the fact that I liked doing it and nothing else mattered. So it was quite bizarre then to take up education in […]

The Visible Forms of Invisible Wonders: Govinda Sah Azad Gerard Houghton Gerard Houghton: Govinda, please tell me about where you come from originally. Govindah Sah: I was born in Rajbiraj, in eastern Nepal, south of Everest and just 12 km. from India. Most people there are subsistence farmers, growing rice, wheat and vegetables on good […]

Indian Connections: Martine Le Coz Lina Vincent Sunish Martine Le Coz is a writer and artist living in Amboise, France. An ardent admirer of Indian spiritual philosophies, she speaks to Lina Vincent Sunish about her engagement with tantra and its meaning within her life and art. Martine Le Coz is a French writer and artist […]

A Conversation With Rajesh Ram Pranamita Borgohain There’s something enticing as well as peculiar about seeing the hybrid veggie-human forms in artist Rajesh Ram’s art works. They’re tactile, provoking and metaphorically relate food, life and reality. Rajesh’s sculptures are close to reality, yet with exaggerated forms; his works promise the unattainable in life. Their sensual […]

Shanta’s Treasure Trove Sumati Gangopadhyay A recurring touch of nostalgia is seen in Shanta Samant’s sculptures.Interestingly, it traces her journey from early childhood and adolescence to womanhood. Here, we find Shanta displaying a stunning quality of exuberance expressed with playful abandon. A high note of passion and spontaneity are the quintessential elements that mark these […]

Tao Art Gallery: The inspiring Art Space in Mumbai Rajendra Tao Art Gallery, one of the most reputed and influential galleries in Mumbai, is celebrating its 15th anniversary in February this year. The mega art gallery with more than 8000 square feet space including storage facility housed in a picturesque seafacing building at Worli, Mumbai […]

Shadow Play: The Mysterious World Of Ashish Kumar Das Sumati Gangopadhyay Sumati Gangopadhyay talks to prolific sculptor Ashish Kumar Das seeking to elucidate his learning experiences and to recognize the various influences that instigate his imperious, dramatic and surreal creations. Ashish Kumar Das is a leading sculptor of his generation. Highly imaginative and extremely hardworking, […]

Taking the World into Consideration- A Conversation with Dutch Artist Jackie Sleper Edward Rubin Jackie Sleper’s work is characteristic of keen observation and reflects her study of cultures/traditions. Edward Rubin in conversation with the Dutch Artist . In a highly unusual mixture of schooling, Utrecht-based artist Jackie Sleper studied at both the College of Agriculture […]

In Conversation with Amit Vadehra Paramjot Walia Established in 2006, CRAYON CAPITAL today is one of India’s leading Art Advisory Services companies, providing wide range of services in the Indian Art Market. Crayon Capital played a key role as Art Advisor to some of the largest and leading Art Funds in India and abroad, thus […]

Keshav Malik P.Raja Poetry creates itself with every word added to it, re-defining its identity in the process. The genius of words, Padmashree Keshav Malik, spoke about his inspiration, his poetry and his take on poetry writing to P.Raja. P.Raja: Why did you choose to express yourself in English, when it is not your mother […]

Nemai Ghosh Satyajit Ray And Beyond Santanu Ganguly Photographer Nemai Ghosh has been the quintessential Satyajit Ray biographer through his decades-long close association with the master filmmaker. Over a lifetime of work, he has built up a vast and valuable photographic archive, now housed at Delhi Art Gallery. To mark the occasion of the centenary […]

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 and two of the artists who have been exhibited. The Pondy Art Wall premiered in […]

Sushma Sabnis A Paradigm of Beauty An intense beauty is rendered permanent and timeless when juxtaposed with the abhorable ugliness of things. It is this quality of life’s chiaroscuro-esque balance that German artist Martin Eder captures in his artworks. In his first solo, ‘Monsters of Silence’ previewing on 15th November 2013 at Gallery Isa, Mumbai, […]

Meena Varma -Paramjot Walia Lado Sarai is an Art Hub Three years back, in 2010, Arts of the Earth, a gallery focused on tribal and folk art of India, moved from Hauz Khas village to Lado Sarai. Meena Varma, director of Arts of the Earth feels that her decision to move was right as many […]

Paramjot Walia Back to the Future of the Gallery Synonymous to the awakening of modern art in India, and being one of the galleries pivotal in promoting art and artists over the decades, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi owners, Uma Jain and Uday Jain, reminisce and compare the changing landscape of yesteryears and future of […]

Photography: A colonial fear Abul Kalam Azad Shanavas SN: I have seen a photograph by you titled “Defend Secularism”, done for the Sahmat campaign of Delhi – an image of a man without a head, holding a lotus in front and a knife in the back. In fact, the posture is a bit sarcastic. It […]

I Went Out as an Ad Guy and Came Back as a Photographer: Rafeeq Ellias Kanchi Mehta KM: Where have you traveled? RE: Through China, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Gaza, Syria, Tashkent, Moldova, Bucharest, Russia, etc. Some places I went just to take pictures. Some I went to on assignments through travel magazines and […]