A lengthy black tattoo line running from a tribal woman’s nose up to her forehead may be a mark of her caste or tribe. She is carrying a parrot in her hand. The woman is dressed in a white sari with a crimson border that is twice or three times wrapped around her waist to […]
“Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations. Treat nature in terms of the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective.” -Paul Cezanne Nature has always fascinated mankind by its sheer beauty, power, and ingenuity. Many examples can be seen in poetry, art, and other mediums since ancient […]
Review on the solo show ‘Is Today Better than Yesterday’ by Surekha Sharada at 1 Shantiroad Studio/Gallery, Bangalore, 17th -24th May 2022. Surekha Sharada is a contemporary visual artist based in Bangalore. Her works have been exhibited in various national and international museums like San Jose Museum (USA), Museum Guimet (Paris), Kunst Kruezberg (Germany) Kunstraum […]
Exhibition of works and launch of monograph at Lalit Kala Akademi, National Academy of Art, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, 6th -26th June 2022 This knee-buckling collection of more than forty years of Rokeya Sultana’s art, which is most known for dealing with themes of women, sexuality, and feminism, should be it if you only have […]
Threshold Gallery’s latest exhibition Bind/Bound speaks to a wide variety of contemporary concerns from bonding to the necessity of acceptance. It examines the fragility of human existence, and speaks about life and the human spirit on a most profound level. This show follows the ethos of an earlier thought-provoking exhibition titled Bakhiya, curated by Tunty […]
Indian lore is rooted in storytelling, iconography and symbolism that, in grandiose or mundane forms, surrounds us inevitably. From the first known source of communication, take the logosyllabic script and signs found in caves dating back to the Indus Valley civilisation as an example, to eventually evolving into a diverse vocabulary from local traditions, cultures, […]
On the momentous occasion of the 100 years of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) coinciding with the artist S. H. Raza’s centenary, Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation (JNAF) presented Zamin: Homelands, showcases a thoughtfully curated collection of the artist’s work between the 1960’s and 70’s. The exhibition title Zamin is inspired by one of S.H. […]
There’s The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci’s artistic representation of the most iconic meal in the history of humankind. More than five centuries later is Anjolie Ela Menon’s mural Upaj, the story of every Indian supper – actually every meal by every Indian. It is a weaving of the rich diversity of India in its […]
Bharti Kher’s incredible sculpture exhibition titled Stange Attractors, presented by Nature Morte, consisted of nostalgic, mysterious and melancholic works, boldly unfolding a visual narrative. Kher’s employs a wide range of materials to bewilder, mesmerize and repel. The artist’s unique visual language depicts a deep understanding of the cosmos. She uses the outlandish to make observation […]
“ With Studio Kishangarh my endeavour has been to not just create contemporary miniatures, but also develop the art in a sustainable, natural manner.” – Princess Vaishnavi Kumari Kishangarh, located off the Jaipur highway on a fast-lane expressway, is a harmonious blend of sophisticated and rural India. You’ll find yourself in the centre of a […]
Review of UNRULY SYNTAX, a solo show by Ravi Kumar Kashi at Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore. (4th December 2021 to 22nd Jan 2022 Artist Ravi Kumar Kashi holds a BFA in Painting from Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore, MFA in Print Making from MSU, Baroda, MA in English from Mysore University and been a recipient of various grants […]
Sujani Art from Bihar was awarded by UNESCO this year In a diverse country like India, embroidery has always been the expertise of women, both working and homemakers. For every important moment in a woman’s life like wedding, birth, and religious functions, stitching continues to be a promising skill. That’s how Sujani embroidery came into […]
Painted Almanac framing time: past, present & future Anindita Bhattacharya Desmond Lazaro Gulam Mohammed Sheikh Manisha Gera Baswani Manjunath Kamath Roshan Chabbria Ruby Jhunjhunwala TarshitoStrippoli V Ramesh Curated by Tunty Chauhan Time and human relationships are crucial elements in the process of life. Either of the two doesn’t exist in isolation, the constant thought of […]
Delving into Roots Painter as Anthropologist Dr. Rajasri Mukhopadhyay Laxman Aelay’s solo exhibition entitled “Euphonic Myths” at the gallery Art Exposure; Kolkata held from 14 September to 06 October 2018 is a tour de force. It exudes a raw energy that translates into a strong appeal, which again comes from the authentic vivacity of portrayal. […]
Indigenously fan-tastic Upasana Bhattacharya As a child growing up in the late 80’s, I fondly remember certain quintessential elements from our middle class Bengali household. The standard haathpakha1 from Shantipur was one of them. Each time there was a power cut in the long summer afternoons, and the cooler stopped working, and Delhi’s heat started […]
PIDGIN: A Visual Interplay Pidgin: A Visual Interplay took place between the 12th and 14th July at NIV Arts Center in New Delhi, and was the result of a residency by artist Khandakar Ohida. Her thought process leading up to this event began when she was a second year student, and perceiving a lack of […]
Queer: Identity, Sexuality & Desire Mansi Dhiman Mandhwani “This exhibition celebrates the un-confinable and unflinching individualism of over 25 artist voices, self identified as QUEER, this exhibition works at the intersections of identity and life experience, genre and process…. shattering mythologies of desire and intimacies, the works range from polished and seasoned to raw and […]
A Contemporary Approach to Floral Still Lifes Spring in the Wintertime A Series of Photographs by Bas Meeuws Tanishka D’Lyma In seeking inspiration, or not, an encounter with nature brightens the senses stimulatingan overcoming urge to come up to scale with its beauty and respond to the awe it left us in,that is if one […]
Those Days: An Exhibition of Vinatege Photographs Mansi Dhiman Mandhwani In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.’ Photography’s long-acknowledged supremacy to mirror the face of the world was by no means forsaken, but in the 1920s’ and 30’s a host of unconventional forms and techniques suddenly flourished. […]
Explorations of the Natural World with a Brush and a Camera Elizabeth Rogers “For Man is by nature an artist.”Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Within the hues of monochrome,exploration of myriad media defines artists and their respective realm of connection with nature. Such energy reigns in paintings and photographs which conjure the sensations of ancient work as […]
Everything is Black & White Art & Deal correspondent Palette Art Gallery’s summer show ‘Everything is Black & White’opened to the public on the 4th of May 2018, with the main theme being that all works were representations of the monochromatic “We wanted everything to be black and white, because we feel that in the […]
A Reflection of the Earth in Art Ragmala – Songs of Anthropocene Tanishka Dl’yma The song of the earth is the first thing the protagonist takes in when he steps out of his hut in the morning, and finds it good. The splash of water, the song of birds, the wind striking a chord against […]
Caressing History – A draft for body based Historiography INDIRA LAKShMI PRASAD The skin is a central theme throughout the exhibition, in its context as a vast register for history. The skin tells a story which is both inexorable and ephemeral. USA based artist Ariana Page Russell explores the hypersensitivity of her own skin in […]
IGNOU ROAD 4 Korean Artists’ Unknown Journey Insang Song I G N O U R O A D is a 2km road leading to the Niv Art Center in New Delhi. The road usually suffers from a high level of traffic congestion. Auto Rickshaws, one of the primary public transport available, even are reluctant to […]
Pratul Dash – In the Twilight Zone INDIRA LAKSMI PRASAD Delhi Based, Odisha born artist Pratul Dash held his first solo show in 8 years at the Indira Gandhi International Center for the Arts in March 2018, titled ‘In The Twilight Zone’. A term coined to describe the work of Pratul Dash is ‘Seductive Realism’ […]
Street Art India + Asi an Paints initiative ‘Art for All’ festival Gneev Nagi Who could have imagined turning a fish market into a street art project? St+art India in association with Asian Paints managed to beautifully convert the Sassoon Docks in south Mumbai into a space that heightened our olfactory organs (very much so) […]
Showstopper INDIRA LAKSMI PRASAD Showstopper, the solo exhibition curated by Rahul Bhattacharya is a presentation of the bold practice of young artist Varnita Mahanjan. Conceptually the work of this artist explores ideas which are largely socially taboo, seamlessly juxtaposing aesthetics of street fashion, high art and all in between with her sculptural and two dimensional […]
BUILDING BRIDGES – Art & Deal Correspondent And international, New Media Project; Building Bridges is an international collaborative project between Ushmita Sahu and Emergent Art Space, who brought together a group of 14 young artists from India and overseas to work together for a journey of self discovery and exploration using only the virtual platform. […]
Shades of Green: Abhijit Saikia Art & Deal correspondent Arts4All Gallery in Greater Kailash hosted the solo exhibition of Abhijit Saikia, aptly titled ‘Shades of Green’. It is the artists first ever solo exhibition which consisted of 14 works, including sculpture, painting and wall installation. The work itself is utterly dreamlike in nature, with a […]
‘I Wonder’ Rajesh Ram’s fifth solo show Indira Lakshmi Prasad Rajesh Ram’s fifth solo show ‘I Wonder’ came about after a hiatus of nine years, consisting of the artist’s most recent body of work. The water color and life-size bronze sculpture works are informed by the Panchatantra tales, and encapsulate the artist’s interest in storytelling […]
Layers of The Gaze Andréia Dulianel, Solo Exhibition Art & Deal Correspondent The exhibition ‘Layers of The Gaze’ by the Brazilian plastic artist Andréia Dulianel was organized by the India International Center and exhibited in the Art Gallery in the Lodi Garden area during the month of January 2018. This series of monochromatic abstract works […]
FOLKUS – LOOKING BACK SANJAY DE Folkus, the first-ever folk & tribal art gallery of north-east India, was opened on 6th December, 2017 at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road in Silchar, Assam. Sandipan Dutta Purkayastha, Pranab Seal and Ritam Chakraborty are the three persons who have started the initiative. The gallery was formally inaugurated in the […]
Revisiting Sailoz Mookherjea (1907- 1960): An Artist With a Bohemian Soul Mallika Chakrawarti Many years ago, an artist had begun a silent revolution in India. At least two decades before the Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group was conceived, Sailoz Mookherjea imagined modernism in a way no Indian artist did at the time. Although, his artworks have […]
Yes Art Can Art & Deal Correspondent Yes Art Can 2017 is just the beginning installment of a series of exhibitions which will take place over the next few years. The exhibition was held at the prominent IGNCA (Indira Gandhi National Center for The Arts) and took place from the 17th of November to the […]
