Category: Memories

Memories of a valiant Effort : Amba SanyalThe little child in the photograph of the Delhi Silpi Chakra members with an Indonesian delegation was me an eon ago – witnessing something whose significance I was totally oblivious of. Artists, who were immigrants from Lahore and others who shared a high octane level of the making […]

Memories of Delhi Silpi Chakra Paramjeet Singh reveals his own journey as part of the Silpi Chakra and hopes that the Chakra could continue with the same zeal and positivity that defined it in the early years. If we go back to the pages of history, Delhi Silpi Chakra was the demand of the time. […]

Nand Katyal recalls the time when Silpi Chakra witnessed strong companionships, long discussions, an atmosphere where creative spirit could breathe, when quality was not governed by price tags, and a space conducive for personal growth.In the 50s Silpi Chakra enjoyed the presence of the Crème de la crème of Delhi artists. We were third/fourth year […]

Delhi Silpi Chakra : A Living HistoryKrishan Ahuja presents a brief memoir of Delhi Silpi Chakra, a group that still breathes through the works of the veteran artists produced at that time. My first visit to Delhi Silpi Chakra gallery was when I was a student of The College of Art, Delhi. I used to […]

Delhi Silpi Chakra: Down My Memory LaneF-19, Shankar Market, the space that is now locked once breathed art, music and witnessed creative innovations. Jagdish Dey chronicles this journey of the Delhi Silpi Chakra. In the late forties a group of Delhi artists gave a serious thought to creating a place where they could sit and […]

2010: Padmashree Keshav Malik lighting the lamp for The Ten Year Celebrations of Art & Deal Magazine at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi with Ashok Vajpeyi, Neelam Malhotra & Siddhartha Tagore (Top) 2010: Shri Keshav Malik with Shivji Panikar & Akkitham Narayanan at IIC during The Ten Year Celebrations of Art & Deal Magazine […]